edema
pronunciation
How to pronounce edema in British English:
UK [ɪ'di:mə]
How to pronounce edema in American English:
US [ɪ'dimə]
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- Noun:
- swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue
Word Origin
- edema (n.)
- c. 1400, from medical Latin, from Greek oidema (genitive oidematos) "a swelling tumor," from oidein "to swell," from oidos "tumor, swelling," from PIE *oid- "to swell" (cognates: Latin aemidus "swelling," Armenian aitumn "a swelling," Old Norse eista "testicle," Old English attor "poison" (that which makes the body swell), and the first element in Oedipus).
Example
- 1. It culd also be caused by pneumonia and lung edema .
- 2. Edema : in 1845 , during his last two months of life , jackson began experiencing edema , an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath his skin and in certain cavities .
- 3. The result : the same type of edema many people experience while flying or women experience when pregnant .
- 4. It reduces the edema and restores the part to wholeness and perfection .
- 5. Swelling ( edema ) , particularly around your eyes and in your ankles and feet