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edema
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue
Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)In February , 1958 , the patient suffered a myocardial_infarction complicated by pulmonary edema . Later , chlorothiazide and salt restriction became necessary to control the edema of chronic congestive failure . Related terms swelling lymphedema chemosis scleredema papilledema anasarca |
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