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单词 oedema
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Definition of oedema in English:

oedema

(US edema)
noun ɪˈdiːməəˈdimə
mass noun
  • A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

    水肿。亦称DROPSY

    Also called dropsy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mild edema of the medullary cavity was present in most of these cases.
    • This reverses the gradient, causing a decrease in tissue and organ edema and associated morbidity.
    • This is not easy, as too little fluid will cause hypoperfusion whereas too much will lead to oedema that will cause tissue hypoxia.
    • The bandages substitute for the elasticity lost by tissues engorged with edema.
    • The disposable canister serves as a collection depot for edema fluid that is suctioned from the wound tissue.
    • Diuretics are essential for the symptomatic management of patients with lung congestion or peripheral oedema from fluid overload.
    • Treatment of elephantiasis nostras aims at prevention of recurrent infection and edema.
    • For example, in a healthy person without oedema, the kidneys deal with surplus fluid in the body by disposing of it in the urine.
    • Increased hypoxia in local tissues, marked oedema of the toes, or development of venous hypertension may be involved.
    • Muscles waste away; oedema and accumulation of fluid in body cavities follows depletion of plasma proteins.
    • In compensated heart failure, symptoms are stable, and many overt features of fluid retention and pulmonary oedema are absent.
    • Immediate clinical manifestations of acute lung injury include pneumothorax, pulmonary oedema, and air embolism.
    • The risk of moderate vision loss caused by diabetic macular edema was reduced by 50 percent.
    • Fine crackles are heard with pulmonary edema, pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.
    • Hyponatremia in the presence of edema indicates increased total body sodium and water.
    • Patients may develop blepharitis and present with ptosis secondary to edema and inflammation.
    • But of course cough is a common symptom of pulmonary oedema or coexistent bronchitis, so you should also consider these causes.
    • The pathogenesis may involve edema and inflammation secondary to the impacted stone in the cystic duct.
    • Seven children died from illness or injury without oedema, three in the antioxidant supplement group and four in the placebo group.
    • The result is an accumulation of fluid in the tissue - also called oedema.

Derivatives

  • oedematous

  • adjective ɪˈdɛmətəs
    • When these lesions were stroked, they became red, edematous, and pruritic, and some formed blisters.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Placement of the venous catheter may be difficult in a hyperesthetic and edematous limb.
      • The slightly edematous and hyperemic appendix was removed by laparoscopic surgery.
      • The breast skin overlying the lesion was erythematous and edematous.
      • The fragments were edematous with focal fibrosis.

Origin

Late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek oidēma, from oidein 'to swell'.

Definition of edema in US English:

edema

(British oedema)
nounəˈdēməəˈdimə
  • A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

    水肿。亦称DROPSY

    Also called dropsy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Diuretics are essential for the symptomatic management of patients with lung congestion or peripheral oedema from fluid overload.
    • The result is an accumulation of fluid in the tissue - also called oedema.
    • Muscles waste away; oedema and accumulation of fluid in body cavities follows depletion of plasma proteins.
    • Seven children died from illness or injury without oedema, three in the antioxidant supplement group and four in the placebo group.
    • Treatment of elephantiasis nostras aims at prevention of recurrent infection and edema.
    • Hyponatremia in the presence of edema indicates increased total body sodium and water.
    • The disposable canister serves as a collection depot for edema fluid that is suctioned from the wound tissue.
    • Increased hypoxia in local tissues, marked oedema of the toes, or development of venous hypertension may be involved.
    • Mild edema of the medullary cavity was present in most of these cases.
    • For example, in a healthy person without oedema, the kidneys deal with surplus fluid in the body by disposing of it in the urine.
    • Fine crackles are heard with pulmonary edema, pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.
    • The bandages substitute for the elasticity lost by tissues engorged with edema.
    • But of course cough is a common symptom of pulmonary oedema or coexistent bronchitis, so you should also consider these causes.
    • This is not easy, as too little fluid will cause hypoperfusion whereas too much will lead to oedema that will cause tissue hypoxia.
    • Immediate clinical manifestations of acute lung injury include pneumothorax, pulmonary oedema, and air embolism.
    • The pathogenesis may involve edema and inflammation secondary to the impacted stone in the cystic duct.
    • Patients may develop blepharitis and present with ptosis secondary to edema and inflammation.
    • In compensated heart failure, symptoms are stable, and many overt features of fluid retention and pulmonary oedema are absent.
    • The risk of moderate vision loss caused by diabetic macular edema was reduced by 50 percent.
    • This reverses the gradient, causing a decrease in tissue and organ edema and associated morbidity.

Origin

Late Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek oidēma, from oidein ‘to swell’.

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