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œdematous

œdematous is the obsolete spelling 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

Origin of œdematous

From œdema + -tous.

Questions about œdematous

What is œdematous the obsolete spelling of?
Œdematous is the obsolete spelling of edematous.

Words near œdematous in the dictionary

  1. œdema
  2. œdemas
  3. œdemata
  4. œdemateous
  5. œdematic
  6. œdematous
  7. œdemic
  8. Œdipal
  9. Œdipus
  10. œgophony
  11. œil-de-bœuf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œdematous (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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