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lymphœdema

lymphœdema is the archaic form of lymphedema.

Meaning of lymphedema

Noun

lymphedema (plural lymphedemas)

  1. The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels.

Forms of lymphœdema

plurallymphœdemata

Origin of lymphœdema

From lymph + œdema.

Questions about lymphœdema

What is lymphœdema the archaic form of?
Lymphœdema is the archaic form of lymphedema.

Words near lymphœdema in the dictionary

  1. lymphovascular
  2. lymphovenous
  3. lymphs
  4. lymphuria
  5. lymphy
  6. lymphœdema
  7. lymphœdemata
  8. Lympstone
  9. Lymwood
  10. lyn
  11. Lynam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lymphœdema (page history and authors); lymphedema (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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