oedema
noun/ɪˈdiːmə/
/ɪˈdiːmə/
(British English) (North American English edema)
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition in which liquid collects in the spaces inside the body and makes it swell (= become larger or rounder than normal)Word Originlate Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek oidēma, from oidein ‘to swell’.
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