quincke's edema

Questions about quincke's edema

What is another word for quincke's edema?

It depends which quincke's edema you mean. In the sense “recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs”, the synonyms are angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of quincke's edema?

WordNet records no antonym for quincke's edema. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for quincke's edema come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for quincke's edemaAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for quincke's edemaWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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