edema
noun
ede·ma i-ˈdē-mə 
1
: an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity
called also dropsy
2
a
: watery swelling of plant organs or parts
b
: any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Larson died nine days before Christmas — her favorite holiday — of a cerebral edema. 
Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022 The infected patient was originally thought to be suffering from high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taylor Gee, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2021 Your doctor will mark the border of any edema – tissue swelling – and track it every two hours until progression stops. Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022 Sometimes edema calls for a simple intervention, such as a protein shake; at other times, the correct treatment might be open-heart surgery. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 George’s injury is in the same foot as the bone edema that previously sidelined him for seven games in February. Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021 His son Czeslaw said the cause was asphyxia resulting from high-altitude pulmonary edema. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021 High-altitude pulmonary edema is the biggest threat. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021 For the last 30 years of his life, his legs had to be kept tightly wrapped in bandages and compression stockings because of chronic edema and varicose veins. New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020 See More
Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022 The infected patient was originally thought to be suffering from high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taylor Gee, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2021 Your doctor will mark the border of any edema – tissue swelling – and track it every two hours until progression stops. Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022 Sometimes edema calls for a simple intervention, such as a protein shake; at other times, the correct treatment might be open-heart surgery. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 George’s injury is in the same foot as the bone edema that previously sidelined him for seven games in February. Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021 His son Czeslaw said the cause was asphyxia resulting from high-altitude pulmonary edema. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021 High-altitude pulmonary edema is the biggest threat. New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021 For the last 30 years of his life, his legs had to be kept tightly wrapped in bandages and compression stockings because of chronic edema and varicose veins. New York Times, 15 Dec. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek oidēma swelling, from oidein to swell; akin to Armenian aytnu- swell, Old English ātor poison
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
edema
noun
ede·ma
variants or chiefly British oedema
i-ˈdē-mə
plural edemas or chiefly British oedemas also edemata
-mət-ə
or chiefly British oedemata : an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity
called also dropsy