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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats