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edema

/ɪˈdiː.mə/

edema noun: an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

edema: an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity
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Noun

edema (plural edemas or edemata)

  1. An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
    • dependent edema
    • lower extremity edema
  2. A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

edema meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog

edema in Hindi

excessive accumulation of serum in tissue
शोफ śoph, जलशोफ jalśoph, जलंधर jalandhar, इस्तिस्क़ा istisqā, शोथ śoth, जलोदर jalodar
in botany
शौफ śauph

edema in Tamil

திரவக் கோர்வை

edema in Malayalam

excessive accumulation of serum in tissue
നീര് nīrŭ

edema in Tagalog

excessive accumulation of serum in tissue
pamamanas
More languagesFewer languages
edema in Indonesian
edema
edema in Persian
خیز xiz, آماز āmāz
edema in Vietnamese
phù, bủng

Examples of edema in a sentence

  • In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted.2002, Peter Lanzer, “26: Peripheral Vascular Disease”, in Peter Lanzer, Eric J. Topol, editors, Pan Vascular Medicine: Integrated Clinical...
  • Local lymph edemas can often be found on the inside of a looped graft.2015, Hans Scholz, Arteriovenous Access Surgery: Ensuring Adequate Vascular Access for Hemodialysis, page 185:

All 17 example sentences with edema

Synonyms of edema

Forms of edema

pluraledemas
pluraledemata
alternative UKoedema
alternative UK (nonstandard)œdema

Origin of edema

From New Latin oedēma, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

Words formed from edema

Words that rhyme with edema

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Questions about edema

What does edema mean?
Edema means an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
What is edema in Hindi?
Edema in Hindi is शोफ (śoph), जलशोफ (jalśoph), जलंधर (jalandhar). See Edema meaning in Hindi.
How do you use edema in a sentence?
In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted.
What part of speech is edema?
Edema is a noun.
How do you pronounce edema?
Edema is pronounced /ɪˈdiː.mə/.
What is the plural of edema?
The plural of edema is edemas.

Words near edema in the dictionary

  1. Edelson
  2. Edelsons
  3. Edelstein
  4. edelweiss
  5. edelweisses
  6. edema
  7. edemagenic
  8. edemas
  9. edemata
  10. edemateous
  11. edematic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: edema (page history and authors); edema (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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