EDEMA (edemata, oedemata)

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Irregular inflected forms: edemata    , oedemata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does edema mean? 

• EDEMA (noun)
  The noun EDEMA has 1 sense:

1. swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

  Familiarity information: EDEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema

Hypernyms ("edema" is a kind of...):

lump; puffiness; swelling (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edema"):

angioedema; atrophedema; giant hives; periodic edema; Quincke's edema (recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs)

lymphedema (swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas)

scleredema (a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face)

cystoid macular edema (a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina)

anasarca (generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue)

chemosis (edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining)

papilledema (swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure)

brain edema; cerebral edema (swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter)

Derivation:

edematous (swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, pitting edema, enlarged tender liver, engorged neck veins, and pulmonary rales.

(Congestive heart failure, NCI Thesaurus)

Human corticotropin-releasing factor may help reduce symptoms caused by edema (swelling) of the brain.

(Corticorelin Acetate, NCI Dictionary)

Exposure to its vapors causes severe irritation of the skin, eyes, mucous membranes, respiratory tract as well as pulmonary edema, pneumonia and lung cancer (mainly small-cell type) in humans.

(Chloromethyl Methyl Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

Edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining.

(Chemosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Excessive edema of the ocular conjunctiva.

(Chemosis, Food and Drug Administration)

A rare syndrome characterized by recurrent facial nerve paralysis, edema of the lips and face, and furrowed tongue.

(Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes myosin light chain kinase, smooth muscle and non-muscle isozymes protein, is involved in myosin light chain activation, vascular permeability and the formation of edema in tissues.

(MYLK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Visibly abnormal tissue on a magnetic resonance image (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) that does not enhance with contrast and is not edema.

(Non-Contrast Enhancing Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include Horner's syndrome, shoulder pain radiating down the arm in the ulnar distribution followed by edema and atrophy of the affected extremity.

(Pancoast Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A kappa-opioid receptor agonist with edema relieving activity.

(Niravoline, NCI Thesaurus)