oedema

See also: ödéma and œdema

English

Alternative forms

• edema (US), œdema (UK, non-standard)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

oedema (plural oedemas or oedemata)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of edema
   • 2004, Waltari, "What I Really Know", Rare Species.

     Crazy Angelina / Is eating her own oedema / And I'm not here to take it anymore

   • 2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:

     However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

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• Edomae