edematous

1. 1.

   swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

   Synonymsdropsical

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about edematous

What does edematous mean?

edematous means "swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid".

How many syllables are in edematous?

edematous has 4 syllables: e-de-ma-tous. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for edematous?

Close synonyms include dropsical. 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 edematous a common word?

edematous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.