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Noun edema has 1 sense

• edema(n = noun.state) dropsy, hydrops, oedema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities; Array
has particulars: angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, quincke's edema, lymphedema, scleredema, cystoid macular edema, anasarca, chemosis, papilledema, brain edema, cerebral edema
is a kind of lump, puffiness, swelling
Derived form adjective edematous₁

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THESAURUS

edema

abscess, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, ague, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appreciation, ascent, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, augmentation, backache, ballooning, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, bump, bunion, cachexia, cachexy, carbuncle, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, corn, coughing, crescendo, cyanosis, cyst, development, diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, elevation, emaciation, enlargement, expansion, extension, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flood, flux, furuncle, gain, gassiness, greatening, growth, gush, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hike, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, increase, increment, indigestion, inflammation, inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice, jump, labored breathing, leap, low blood pressure, lumbago, lump, marasmus, meteorism, mounting, multiplication, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pimple, pock, productiveness, proliferation, pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, pustule, raise, rash, rheum, rise, rising, sclerosis, sebaceous cyst, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, snowballing, sore, spasm, spread, stretching, surge, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, up, upping, upset stomach, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, waxing, wen, widening, windiness

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