EDEMA (edemata, oedemata)

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue

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

• EDEMA (noun)

Meaning:

Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema

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

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

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

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

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

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)