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antiedema

antiedema adjective: countering edema.

Adjective

antiedema (not comparable)

  1. Countering edema.
    • Since spinal cord injury is associated with edema and changes in AQP4 expression, Ge and coworkers investigated the potential antiedema effect of epigallocatechin gallate and its underlying mechanism on a rat model of acute spinal cord injury.2015 August 4, Diana Fiorentini et al., “Polyphenols as Modulators of Aquaporin Family in Health and Disease”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of antiedema

From anti- + edema.

Questions about antiedema

What does antiedema mean?
Antiedema means countering edema.
What part of speech is antiedema?
Antiedema is an adjective.

Words near antiedema in the dictionary

  1. antieconomic
  2. antieconomism
  3. antieczema
  4. antieczematous
  5. antieczemic
  6. antiedema
  7. antiedematogenic
  8. antiedematous
  9. antiedemic
  10. antiedemics
  11. antiedge

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