Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edema"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
OEdema \[OE]*de"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a swelling, tumor, fr.
? to swell.] (Med.)
A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular
tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the
subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also {edema}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Edema \E*de"ma\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Same as {[oe]dema}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
edema
n : swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in
tissue [syn: {oedema}, {hydrops}, {dropsy}]
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