oedema
/ɪˈdiːmə
/(US edema)
noun [mass noun]
A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. Also called dropsy1.Seven children died from illness or injury without oedema, three in the antioxidant supplement group and four in the placebo group....
- Muscles waste away; oedema and accumulation of fluid in body cavities follows depletion of plasma proteins.
- This is not easy, as too little fluid will cause hypoperfusion whereas too much will lead to oedema that will cause tissue hypoxia.
Derivatives
oedematous
/ adjective ...- The breast skin overlying the lesion was erythematous and edematous.
- The fragments were edematous with focal fibrosis.
- When these lesions were stroked, they became red, edematous, and pruritic, and some formed blisters.
Origin
Late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek oidēma, from oidein 'to swell'.