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Definition: Oedema |
OedemaNoun1. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "oedema" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
Etymology: OEdema \[OE]*de"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression swelling, tumor, from to swell.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body; usually applied to demonstrable accumulation of excessive fluid in the subcutaneous tissues. Edema may be localized, due to venous or lymphatic obstruction or to increased vascular permeability, or it may be systemic due to heart failure or renal disease. Collections of edema fluid are designated according to the site, e.g. ascites (peritoneal cavity), hydrothorax (pleural cavity), and hydropericardium (pericardial sac). Massive generalized edema is called anasarca. (references) |
Public Administration | Puffy swelling, representing a collection of abnormal amounts of fluid in the tissues. It accompanies injury or inflammation; Also edema. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: OedemaSynonyms: dropsy (n), edema (n), hydrops (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Oedema |
| Specialty definitions using "oedema": Cavernous Hemangioma, crush syndrome ♦ malignant oedema ♦ papilloedema, pre-eclamptic, pre-eclamptic toxaemia ♦ spongiosis. (references) |
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| "Oedema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Oedema" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 114 | 30,294 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "oedema": malignant oedema. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "oedema": papillo-oedema. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
oedema | 46 |
pulmonary oedema | 9 |
neonatal oedema pulmonary | 6 |
cerebral oedema | 6 |
brain oedema | 4 |
oedema pulmonary submersion | 4 |
angioneurotic oedema | 3 |
face oedema | 2 |
edema oedema penile | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "oedema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | e ënjtur (neoplasm, tumefaction), buhavitje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وذمة, خزب, شراب إغريقي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оток (intumescence, protuberance, swelling, tumefaction, tumor, tumour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 肿鼓 (edema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ødem (tissue edema, tissue oedema), ødem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oedeem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turvotus (swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | oedème, œdème. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gewebswassersucht, Ödema, Ödem (edema), Ödem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οίδημα (bump, knob, swell, tumefaction, whelp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בצקת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ödéma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | edema (Edema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부종 (edema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oedemaay edema (Eden, Oedipus). (various references) edem. (various references) отек (edema). (various references) otok (intumescence, swelling, tumefaction, tumescence), edem (edema). (various references) edema (Edema). (various references) ödem. (various references) อาการบวมน้ำ (ทางการแพทย์). (various references) su toplanması (dropsy, Edema), ödem (dropsy). (various references) набряк. (various references) nề (oedematose, oedematous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "oedema": oedemas, oedemata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "oedema" (pronounced '[OE]*de"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o" | |
-1 letter: adeem, edema. | |
-2 letters: dame, deem, deme, demo, dome, made, mead, meed, mode, odea. | |
-3 letters: ado, dam, dee, doe, dom, eme, mad, mae, med, moa, mod, ode. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, am, de, do, ed, em, ma, me, mo, od, oe, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o" | |
+1 letter: cameoed, oedemas. | |
+2 letters: bemoaned, daemones, defoamed, defoamer, demeanor, enamored, eudaemon, gamodeme, homemade, lemonade, megadose, megapode, moderate, nematode, oedemata, remolade, seadrome, somedeal. | |
+3 letters: aerodrome, defoamers, demagoged, demagogue, demeanors, demeanour, dermatome, ealdormen, edematous, embargoed, enamoured, endamoeba, eudaemons, forearmed, forenamed, gamodemes, homestead, lemonades, macedoine, madrepore, megadoses, megapodes, menadione, methadone, moderated, moderates, nematodes, outbeamed, promenade, remolades, romeldale, seadromes, trematode. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 65 64 65 6D 61 |
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