Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oedema

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: oede-ma
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Standard spelling of edema.

Example Sentences

"2004, Waltari, "What I Really Know", Rare Species. Crazy Angelina / Is eating her own oedema / And I'm not here to take it anymore"
"However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement)."

Inflected Forms

oedemas (plural) oedemata (plural) edema (alternative) œdema (alternative)

Derived Forms

angiooedema antioedema oedematic oedemic

Synonyms

edema hydrops dropsy

Rhymes With

lima prima schema eczema fema edema emphysema pima erythema bima extrema thelema

Questions

What does oedema mean?: Standard spelling of edema.

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