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Webster 1913 Edition
oedema
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oe-de′ma
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a swelling, tumor, fr. [GREEK] to swell.]
(Med.)
A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
[Written also
edema
.]