See Also: oedema(dictionary)
oedema(medicine)
solid oedema(medicine)
menstrual oedema(medicine)
marantic oedema(medicine)
malignant oedema(medicine)
lymphatic oedema(medicine)
laryngeal oedema(medicine)
inflammatory oedema(medicine)
hydraemic oedema(medicine)

oedema (iou)



oedema noun. , -mas. LME.
[Late Latin from Greek oidema, from oidein swell.]
Medicine. (A) local or general swelling produced by the accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or cavities; dropsy.
oede'matic adjective (now rare or obsolete) oedematous M17.
oedematose adjective oedematous E18.
oedematous adjective pertaining to or of the nature of oedema; affected with oedema, dropsical: M17.
oedematously adverb L18.