Meaning of EDEMA
| Pronunciation: | | i'deemu
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| | Definition: | | [n] swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue |
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| | Synonyms: | | dropsy, hydrops, oedema |
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| | See Also: | | anasarca, chemosis, lump, lymphedema, papilledema, puffiness, scleredema, swelling | |
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| | Definition: | | \E*de"ma\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Same as {[oe]dema}.
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| | Definition: | | swelling due to the build-up of fluid. |
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| | Definition: | | Abnormal buildup of watery fluid in the tissues. |
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| | Definition: | | retention of water in the tissues of the body. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abscess, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, ague, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appreciation, ascent, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, augmentation, backache, ballooning, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, bump, bunion, cachexia, cachexy, carbuncle, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, corn, coughing, crescendo, cyanosis, cyst, development, diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, elevation, emaciation, enlargement, expansion, extension, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flood, flux, furuncle, gain, gassiness, greatening, growth, gush, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hike, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, increase, increment, indigestion, inflammation, inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice, jump, labored breathing, leap, low blood pressure, lumbago, lump, marasmus, meteorism, mounting, multiplication, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pimple, pock, productiveness, proliferation, pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, pustule, raise, rash, rheum, rise, rising, sclerosis, sebaceous cyst, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, snowballing, sore, spasm, spread, stretching, surge, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, up, upping, upset stomach, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, waxing, wen, widening, windiness |
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