edema

• oedema (UK), œdema (UK, nonstandard)

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈdiː.mə/

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• Rhymes: -iːmə

edema (plural edemas or edemata)

1. (medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

   Hypernym: swelling

   dependent edema

   lower extremity edema

   • 1991, Albrecht M. Ehrly, Therapeutic Hemorheology, page 115:

     In the patients with myocardial edemas [247, 471] it was shown that, despite a considerable loss of fluid via the kidneys after the intravenous administration of a short-acting and very effective diuretic (furosemide), there was no increase in the blood and plasma viscosities.

   • 2002, Peter Lanzer, “26: Peripheral Vascular Disease”, in Peter Lanzer, Eric J. Topol, editors, Pan Vascular Medicine: Integrated Clinical Management, page 389:

     In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted. Palpation is applied as needed. In this chapter, only two skin and body surface changes will be discussed: peripheral edemas and ulcerations.

   • 2015, Hans Scholz, Arteriovenous Access Surgery: Ensuring Adequate Vascular Access for Hemodialysis, page 185:

     Local lymph edemas can often be found on the inside of a looped graft.

2. (botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

• (pathology): hydrops; dropsy (archaic), hydropsy (archaic)

• Meade, Medea, adeem, meade

Learned borrowing from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈedema/
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: édé‧ma

édéma (plural edema-edema)

1. (pathology) edema, oedema: An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity

• edem
• édəma (Standard Malay)
• udem
• udêma

• “edema” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”).

• IPA^(key): /eˈdɛ.ma/, /ˈɛ.de.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma, -ɛdema
• Hyphenation: e‧dè‧ma, è‧de‧ma

edema m (plural edemi)

1. (pathology) edema

• edematico / edematoso

• œdema (obsolete)

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).

• Hyphenation: e‧de‧ma

edema m (plural edemas)

1. oedema (excessive accumulation of serum in tissue)

Borrowed from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).

• IPA^(key): /eˈdema/ [eˈð̞e.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: e‧de‧ma

edema m (plural edemas)

1. (pathology) edema

• “edema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024