edema

== English == === Alternative forms === oedema (UK), œdema (UK, nonstandard) === Etymology === From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈdiː.mə/ Rhymes: -iːmə === Noun === edema (plural edemas or edemata) (medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity. Hypernym: swelling (botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water. ==== Synonyms ==== (pathology): hydrops; dropsy (archaic), hydropsy (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Meade, Medea, adeem, meade == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈedema/ Rhymes: -ma, -a Hyphenation: édé‧ma === Noun === édéma (plural edema-edema) (pathology) edema, oedema: An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity ==== Alternative forms ==== edem édəma (Standard Malay) udem udêma ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “edema”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈdɛ.ma/, /ˈɛ.de.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛma, -ɛdema Hyphenation: e‧dè‧ma, è‧de‧ma === Noun === edema m (plural edemi) (pathology) edema ==== Derived terms ==== edematico / edematoso == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === œdema (obsolete) === Etymology === From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧de‧ma === Noun === edema m (plural edemas) oedema (excessive accumulation of serum in tissue) === Further reading === “edema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “edema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈdema/ [eˈð̞e.ma] Rhymes: -ema Syllabification: e‧de‧ma === Noun === edema m (plural edemas) (pathology) edema === Further reading === “edema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025