‖ œdema Path.
(iːˈdiːmə)
Also 5 vdimia, 9 edema.
[mod.L., a. Gr. οἴδηµα (-µατ-) swelling, swollen condition, f. οἰδέ-ειν to swell.]
‘A swelling produced by the presence of serous fluid in the areolar tissue or in the substance of a part; being a local dropsy’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1892).
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 206 An enpostym þat comeþ of fleume, is clepid vdimia or zima. 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terapeut. 2 F ij, Tumour, y{supt} is called oedema. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. ii. 428 It resolves Oedema and discusses all sorts of cold and Hard Tumors. 1758 J. S. tr. Le Dran's Observ. (1771) 92 An Œdema..is almost a certain Symptom of a Suppuration. 1874 Bucknill & Tuke Psych. Med. 587 Œdema of the brain, a state in which the tissue of the organ is permeated by water or serosity. |
| attrib. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 651 An area which..contains a considerable quantity of œdema fluid. |
Hence
œdeˈmatic,
œˈdematose adjs. = next.
| a 1658 Harvey (J.), A phlegmonous or *oedematick tumour. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 743 Rudely they press his œdematic toes. 1884 Brachet's Aix-les-bains i. 105 The œdematic state. |
| 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 213 *Oedematose Tumours. |