MACULAR EDEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macular edema mean? 

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

1. an eye disease caused by a swelling of the macula resulting from leakage and accumulation of fluid

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACULAR EDEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An eye disease caused by a swelling of the macula resulting from leakage and accumulation of fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

eye disease (any disease of the eye)

 Context examples 

An intravitreal implant containing the corticosteroid dexamethasone embedded in a biodegradable polymer matrix, with anti-inflammatory and macular edema relieving activity.

(Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant, NCI Thesaurus)

Retinopathy associated with diabetes mellitus, which may be of the background type, progressively characterized by microaneurysms, interretinal punctuate macular edema, or of the proliferative type, characterized by neovascularization of the retina and optic disk, which may project into the vitreous, proliferation of fibrous tissue, vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment.

(Diabetic Retinopathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)