lymphedema

[ lim-fi-dee-muh ]

nounPathology.
  1. the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.

Origin of lymphedema

1
First recorded in 1885–90; lymph- + edema

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