(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:33:28

oe*de"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. a swelling, tumor, fr. to swell.] Med.

A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

[Written also edema.]

 

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