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edema
[ ih-dee-muh ]
noun
- effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- Plant Pathology.
- a small surface swelling of plant parts, caused by excessive moisture.
- any disease so characterized.
edema
/ ɪˈdɛətəs; ɪˈdiːə /
noun
- the usual US spelling of oedema
edema
/ ĭ-ŧ′ə /
- An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or body cavities. Edema can be mild and benign as in pregnancy or prolonged standing in the elderly, or a serious sign of heart, liver, or kidney failure, or of other diseases.
Derived Forms
- edematous, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ···ٴdzܲ [ih-, dem, -, uh, -t, uh, s, ih-, dee, -m, uh, -], ···ٴDz [ih-, dem, -, uh, -tohs, ih-, dee, -m, uh, -], adjective
- d··m noun plural pseudoedemata
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of edema1
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Example Sentences
Lawyers for the condemned argued that “pentobarbital caused flash pulmonary edema, in which fluid rushes through quickly disintegrating membranes into lungs and airways, causing pain akin to being suffocated or drowned.”
He was diagnosed with nerve inflammation and edema and told to rest.
He said that Mr. Tin Oo had a weak heart and died of kidney failure and pulmonary edema.
This system allows for prolonged preservation of longer than 12 hours without creating edema or damage to the organs.
"Drowning is the endpoint of death in the water, but we're trying to determine the actual cause of death: hypothermia? Hypoxia? Swimming induced pulmonary edema?"
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