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How to use edema in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Edema means an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity. Example: “In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted.”

Examples of edema by meaning

nounAn excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

  • lower extremity edema
  • 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

More sentences with edema

  • Laryngeal examinations almost always reveal diffuse but variably severe supraglottal and glottal erythema and edema.2015 July 16, “Association between Chronic Laryngitis and Particulate Matter Based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination…. From the entry supraglottal
  • The corneae were swollen without major infiltrates similar to longstanding disciform edema.1981, R. Sundmacher, D. Neumann-Haefelin, A. Mattes, K. Cantell, “Connatal Monosymptomatic Corneal Endotheliitis by Cytomegalovirus”, in…. From the entry cornea
  • A brawny edema of the labia, with deeply penetrating destructive ulcers may occur in the late stages.1960, Laman Alexander Gray, A Text Book of Gynecology, page 47. From the entry blue balls
  • His diagnosis was noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with exercise or swimming: exercise-induced pulmonary edema (EIPE) or swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE).2015 July 2, Hirotomo Yamanashi et al., “Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Edema in a Triathlon”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI. From the entry pulmonary
  • In males, BCG treatment has been associated with relatively rare complications of penile edema and meatal ulceration, as well as epididymoorchitis.2015 August 10, Lucien McBeth et al., “Involvement of the Androgen and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Bladder Cancer”, in International…. From the entry epididymoorchitis
  • Arteritic and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy both manifest as sudden visual loss associated with optic disc edema.2008, Current Ocular Therapy, page 581. From the entry arteritic
  • Often edema of the clitoral foreskin produces a phimosis; we consider this one of the early diagnostic signs of disease.1981, Herman L. Gardner, Raymond H. Kaufman, Benign Diseases of the Vulva and Vagina. From the entry clitoral foreskin
  • HIV retinae also have increased macular retinal thickness that may be caused by inner retinal edema secondary to retinovascular disease in HIV.2015 August 6, “Retinal Thickening and Photoreceptor Loss in HIV Eyes without Retinitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry retinovascular
  • If general edema, tissue decomposition or extensive burns are present, a unionall may be necessary to protect the clothing once the body is dressed.2011, Robert G. Mayer, Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice. From the entry unionall
  • Hospitalized patients are often diuresed enough to eliminate pulmonary edema but they are then sent home despite obvious total body fluid overload.2007, Jeffrey D. Hosenpud, Congestive Heart Failure, page 442. From the entry diurese
  • Cornea edema obscured detail of the anterior chamber, but the edge of the lens could be seen clearly within the pupillary space.2005, Kersey, McMullan, and Broadway, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, volume 31, issue 7, page 1452. From the entry pupillary space
  • Hypoproteinuria may result in generalized edema.2001, Robert J. Gorlin, M. Michael Jr. Cohen, Raoul C.M. Hennekam, Syndromes of the Head and Neck (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics)…. From the entry hypoproteinuria
  • Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.1991, K. Graamans, Hans Van den Akker, Diagnosis of salivary gland disorders, page 151. From the entry asialism
  • However, SCM with unknown primary malignancies are very difficult to distinguish from astrocytomas, especially HGAs, because of their similar features on standard MRI, such as obvious enhancement and peritumor edema.2015 July 22, “Differentiation between Solitary Cerebral Metastasis and Astrocytoma on the Basis of Subventricular Zone Involvement on…. From the entry peritumor

Meaning of edema

  1. noun An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
  2. noun A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

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Questions about edema in a sentence

How do you use edema in a sentence?
Edema is used as a noun. For example: “In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted.”
What is a short sentence with edema?
“lower extremity edema”
What does edema mean?
Edema means an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

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