Edema

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  • noun. An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
  • noun. A condition of plants characterized by blisterlike swellings on the leaves or other parts, caused by an accumulation of water.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, a puffiness or swelling of parts arising from accumulation of serous fluid in interstices of the areolar tissue: as, edema of the eyelids.
  • noun. A genus of bombycid moths, founded by Walker in 1855, having the palpi pilose, rather long, ascending in the male and porrect in the female, with the third joint lanceolate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as œdema.
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  • noun. An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity
  • noun. A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
    • Word Usage
    "The English word "edema" comes from the Greek word oidema, meaning "a swelling tumor", which is derived from the Greek verb oidein meaning "to swell"."
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abouhalima  Auriemma  Decima  Fukushima  Hiroshima  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abscess  anemia  bronchitis  congestion  constipation  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abscess  access  accession  accretion  accrual  
    variant
    edemata  oedemata  œdema  
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