edema

Other forms of edema

plural

edemata

plural

oedemata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about edema

What does edema mean?

edema means "swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities".

How many syllables are in edema?

edema has 3 syllables: e-de-ma. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ɪˈdimə/.

What is another word for edema?

Close synonyms include oedema, hydrops, dropsy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is edema a common word?

edema is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.