oedema

American  

[ih-dee-muh] / ɪˈdi mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

oedemata

1. Chiefly British. a variant of edema.

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oedema British  

/ ɪˈdiːmə, ɪˈdɛmətəs /

noun

1. pathol an excessive accumulation of serous fluid in the intercellular spaces of tissue

2. plant pathol an abnormal swelling in a plant caused by a large mass of parenchyma or an accumulation of water in the tissues

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Other Word Forms

• oedematous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of oedema

C16: via New Latin from Greek oidēma, from oidein to swell

Example Sentences

Oedema of the lungs has been fatal within twelve hours from the occurrence of the first symptoms of obstructed respiration.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Oedema of the lower extremities occurs in a considerable number of cases.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Oedema of the glottis and circumscribed oedema of the lung are instances.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Oedema of the lungs, hydro-pericardium, oedema of the glottis, and intracranial effusions are always dangerous, and the last two are sometimes fatal within twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

They are Blood, Choler, Phlegm, and Melancholy, every one whereof produceth its particular Tumour: Thus the Blood produces the Phlegmon, Choler the Erysipelas, Phlegm the Oedema, and Melancholy the Scirrhus.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel