Definitions

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  • noun UK, pathology An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity
  • noun UK A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water

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  • noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oidēma, "swelling"), from οἰδέω (oideō, "I swell").

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Examples

  • The application of cupping-glasses and bands causes veinous stasis and thus an oedema is formed round the injured area.

    Ilya Mechnikov - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • Famine Oedema has been shown in this investigation as in previous investigations to precede death from starvation by a period of three to four months, following some radical change in the intake, so the incidence of famine oedema is a good way to measure the degree of inadequate diet.

    The Condition of Civilians in Western Europe at the Conclusion of the German Occupation 1947

  • The oedema, which is accumulation of fluid, in Basu's brain has been arrested, doctors said, adding that he has been able to take in 40 per cent of the supplied oxygen.

    NDTV News - Top Stories 2010

  • The 33-year-old, who was found dead in his apartment in Mallorca on Saturday, suffered a build-up of fluid in the lungs known as pulmonary oedema, which is believed to be the result of an undetected heart defect.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • The 33-year-old, who was found dead in his apartment in Mallorca on Saturday, suffered a build-up of fluid in the lungs known as pulmonary oedema, which is believed to be the result of an undetected heart defect.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Malnutrition can be recognized by clinical signs (such as oedema and micronutrient deficiencies) and by anthropometry (body measurements).

    15. Food and Nutrition 1999

  • After all, before being a chutney-ferret was legal nobody ever died of pulmonary oedema, did they?

    Archive 2009-10-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Although the final verdict is still pending, the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE, said that while Lucentis is effective in treating diabetic macular oedema, the drug's elevated price was problematic.

    U.K. Deals Blow to Roche, Novartis Goran Mijuk 2011

  • For you it seems "unlikely" that a pulmonary oedema, a heart failure leading to build-up of fluid in the lungs, would not be causally related to "dark appetites" and "private vice" -- which is to say, going out clubbing, getting a bit high, and hooking up with someone you've just met.

    An Open Letter to Jan Moir Hal Duncan 2009

  • After all, before being a chutney-ferret was legal nobody ever died of pulmonary oedema, did they?

    Mail's Moir Calls for Man-Love Moratorium Dungeekin 2009

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