Definitions for oedema

oedema oe·de·ma

Spelling: [ih-dee-muh]
IPA: /ɪˈdi mə/

Oedema is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in oedema (adeemo).

Definitions for oedema

noun

  1. edema.
  2. effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
  3. Plant Pathology. a small surface swelling of plant parts, caused by excessive moisture. any disease so characterized.

Origin of oedema

1490-1500; New Latin oedēma Greek oídēma a swelling, equivalent to oidē- (variant stem of oideîn to swell) + -ma noun suffix

Examples for oedema

A few had oedema from the chin to the thyroid, and up the side of the face.

oedema is a characteristic and pathognomonic symptom of trichinosis, and is seldom so slight as to escape attention.

Glossitis and oedema of the larynx may require the surgical procedures often necessary when they occur under other circumstances.

With the appearance of oedema of the eyelids and face at the end of a week the diagnosis becomes more certain.

Extension may take place to the larynx, and oedema may follow.

In 1860, Zenker of Dresden treated a supposed case of typhus complicated with excessive muscular pain and oedema.

oedema of the inferior extremities comes on after, usually—rarely with—the ascites.

The color of the swollen follicles in recent inflammation is translucent from oedema; later they are gray and opaque.

Death may occur within two or three days from oedema of the larynx or from other causes frequently indiscernible.

The larynx is less frequently implicated; should it be attacked, oedema is liable to occur.

Word Value for oedema
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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