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œdemateous

œdemateous is the obsolete form of edematous.

Meaning of edematous

Adjective

edematous (comparative more edematous, superlative most edematous)

  1. Afflicted with edema.
    • […] Mary grew nearly blind in her sixties, in part because constant weeping had caused her corneas to become edematous.1988 January 8, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Last Among First Ladies”, in Chicago Reader
    Synonyms:
    edematized

Forms of œdemateous

comparativemore œdemateous
superlativemost œdemateous

Questions about œdemateous

What is œdemateous the obsolete form of?
Œdemateous is the obsolete form of edematous.

Words near œdemateous in the dictionary

  1. œcumenists
  2. œcumenopolitan
  3. œdema
  4. œdemas
  5. œdemata
  6. œdemateous
  7. œdematic
  8. œdematous
  9. œdemic
  10. Œdipal
  11. Œdipus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œdemateous (page history and authors); edematous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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