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e⋅de⋅ma

  [i-dee-muh]
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–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta  [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
1. effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
2. Plant Pathology.
a. a small surface swelling of plant parts, caused by excessive moisture.
b. any disease so characterized.
Also, oedema.

Origin:
1490–1500; < NL oedēma < Gk oídēma a swelling, equiv. to oidē- (var. s. of oideîn to swell) + -ma n. suffix

Related forms:
e⋅dem⋅a⋅tous  [i-dem-uh-tuhs, i-dee-muh-] , e⋅dem⋅a⋅tose  [i-dem-uh-tohs, i-dee-muh-] , adjective
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e·de·ma also oe·de·ma   (ĭ-dē'mə)   
n.   pl. e·de·mas also oe·de·mas or e·de·ma·ta also oe·de·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

  1. Pathology An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

  2. Botany Extended swelling in plant organs caused primarily by an excessive accumulation of water.


[Middle English ydema, from Greek oidēma, a swelling, from oidein, to swell.]
e·dem'a·tous (ĭ-děm'ə-təs) adj.
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Word Origin & History

edema 
c.1400, from Gk. oidema (gen. oidematos) "a swelling tumor," from oidein "to swell," from oidos "tumor, swelling," from PIE *oid- "to swell;" cf. L. aemidus "swelling," O.N. eista "testicle," O.E. attor "poison" (that which makes the body swell), and the first element in Oedipus.
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Main Entry: ede·ma
Variant: or chiefly British oe·de·ma /i-'dE-m&/
Function: noun
: an abnormal excessaccumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity called also dropsy
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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edema e·de·ma (ĭ-dē'mə)
n. pl. e·de·mas or e·de·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

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