🔄 Synonyms of "Edema"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dropsynoun | (archaic) Edema, swelling. |
| oedemanoun | (Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of edema. |
| pulmonary | (anatomy) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs. |
| swellingnoun | The state of being swollen. |
| puffinessnoun | The state or quality of being puffy. |
| hydropsnoun | (medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity. |
| bloatnoun | To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell. |
| bloatingnoun | A bloated condition; distention. |
| congestionnoun | The 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. |
| distensionnoun | The act of distending. |
| distentionnoun | Alternative form of distension (“the act of distending”). [The act of distending.] |
| tumefactionnoun | The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. |
| intumescencenoun | (uncountable) The process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen. |
| tumescencenoun | A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue. |
| tumiditynoun | The condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension. |
| turgiditynoun | The state or quality of being turgid. |
| water retention | — |
| engorgementnoun | The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid. |
| anasarcanoun | (medicine) Severe generalised oedema. |
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