Associations to the word «Edema»

Wiktionary

EDEMA, noun. (US) (pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
EDEMA, noun. (US) (botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

Dictionary definition

EDEMA, noun. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King