# edema
## English
### Alternative forms

* oedema (UK), œdema (UK, nonstandard)

### Etymology

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪˈdiː.mə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːmə

### Noun

edema (plural edemas or edemata)
* (American spelling, medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
    Hypernym: swelling
    dependent edema
    lower extremity edema
** 1991, Albrecht M. Ehrly, Therapeutic Hemorheology, page 115:In the patients with myocardial edemas [247, 471] it was shown that, despite a considerable loss of fluid via the kidneys after the intravenous administration of a short-acting and very effective diuretic (furosemide), there was no increase in the blood and plasma viscosities.
** 2002, Peter Lanzer, “26: Peripheral Vascular Disease”, in Peter Lanzer, Eric J. Topol, editors, Pan Vascular Medicine: Integrated Clinical Management, page 389:In particular, changes in color and temperature, edemas, and ulcerations are noted. Palpation is applied as needed. In this chapter, only two skin and body surface changes will be discussed: peripheral edemas and ulcerations.
** 2015, Hans Scholz, Arteriovenous Access Surgery: Ensuring Adequate Vascular Access for Hemodialysis, page 185:Local lymph edemas can often be found on the inside of a looped graft.
* (American spelling, botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

#### Synonyms

* (pathology): hydrops; dropsy (archaic), hydropsy (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* acroedema
* angioedema
* angio-edema
* antiedema
* blepharedema
* cerebral edema
* edemagenic
* edematic
* edemato-
* edemogen
* leucoedema
* leukoedema
* malignant edema
* myxedema
* papilledema
* pulmonary edema
* Quincke's edema
* scleredema

#### See also

* extravasation
* third spacing

### Anagrams

* Meade, Medea, adeem, meade

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈedema/
* Rhymes: -ma, -a
* Hyphenation: édé‧ma

### Noun

édéma (plural edema-edema)
* (pathology) edema, oedema: An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

#### Alternative forms

* edem
* édəma (Standard Malay)
* udem
* udêma

#### Derived terms

* edema cerebri
* edema otak
* edema paru
* edema pulmoner

### Further reading

* “edema” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈdɛ.ma/, /ˈɛ.de.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛma, -ɛdema
* Hyphenation: e‧dè‧ma, è‧de‧ma

### Noun

edema m (plural edemi)
* (pathology) edema

#### Derived terms

* edematico / edematoso

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* œdema (obsolete)

### Etymology

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈdẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈdẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈde.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈde.mɐ/ [iˈðe.mɐ]

### Noun

edema m (plural edemas)
* oedema (excessive accumulation of serum in tissue)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈdema/ [eˈð̞e.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: e‧de‧ma

### Noun

edema m (plural edemas)
* (pathology) edema

### Further reading

* “edema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10