Usually means: Swelling caused by excess fluid.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. edema: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. edema: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. edema: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. edema: Collins English Dictionary
  5. edema: Vocabulary.com
  6. Edema, edema: Wordnik
  7. edema: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. edema: Wiktionary
  9. edema: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. edema: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. edema: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. edema: Dictionary.com
  13. edema: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Edema: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Edema: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. edema: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. edema: Rhymezone
  18. Edema: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. edema: Free Dictionary
  20. edema: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. edema: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. edema: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. edema-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. edema: Encyclopedia

Medicine (31 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Edema: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
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  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Edema: Diabetes Dictionary
  7. Edema: Merck Manuals
  8. Edema: MedFriendly Glossary
  9. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  11. Hair Facts (No longer online)
  12. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  13. edema: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  14. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  15. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  16. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  17. (O)edema: Scleroderma
  18. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  19. Edema: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  20. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  21. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  22. edema: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  23. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  24. -edema, edema: Medical dictionary
  25. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Glossary (No longer online)
  26. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  27. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  28. Edema: Brain Injury
  29. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  30. Edema: Drug Medical Dictionary
  31. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Edema, Edema, Edema: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Edema: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
noun:  (American spelling, botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

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