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Edema

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oedemanoun(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of edema.
dropsynoun(archaic) Edema, swelling.

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dropsynoun(archaic) Edema, swelling.
oedemanoun(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of edema.
pulmonary(anatomy) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
swellingnounThe state of being swollen.
puffinessnounThe state or quality of being puffy.
hydropsnoun(medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.
bloatnounTo fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
bloatingnounA bloated condition; distention.
congestionnounThe hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
effusionnoun(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
distensionnounThe act of distending.
distentionnounAlternative form of distension (“the act of distending”). [The act of distending.]
tumefactionnounThe process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
intumescencenoun(uncountable) The process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen.
tumescencenounA swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.
tumiditynounThe condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension.
turgiditynounThe state or quality of being turgid.
water retention
engorgementnounThe process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
anasarcanoun(medicine) Severe generalised oedema.

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