Get to know Edema better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like oedema or hydrops.
Edema meaning
- An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
- A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
Using Edema
- The main meaning on this page is: An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity. | A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
- Useful related words include: oedema, hydrops, dropsy, swelling.
- In the example corpus, edema often appears in combinations such as: pulmonary edema, edema and, cerebral edema.
Context around Edema
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Edema
- In this selection, "edema" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pulmonary, cerebral, genital, proximal, arising and joshi stand out and add context to how "edema" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a facial edema and acute bone edema in his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "edema" sits close to words such as abdicated, acme and afcfta, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with edema
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I had a facial edema. (5 words)
Medicines and pregnancy can cause edema. (6 words)
Blake asks what causes pulmonary edema. (6 words)
Rob Williams will be re-evaluated in three weeks for his left hip edema, and Vincent Poirier will undergo surgery Wednesday to help repair a fractured right pinkie suffered in Monday’s practice and is expected to be out approximately six weeks. (42 words)
However, reports link pump therapy to increased incidence of edema proximal to the affected limb, such as genital edema arising after pump therapy in the lower limb. citation IPC should be used in combination with complete decongestive therapy. (38 words)
Chronic diarrhea can be a symptom. citation In severe cases, edema may result in obstruction of the intestinal tract, as well as loss of peristaltic contractions. citation Strongyloidiasis in immunocompetent individuals is usually an indolent disease. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, reports link pump therapy to increased incidence of edema proximal to the affected limb, such as genital edema arising after pump therapy in the lower limb. citation IPC should be used in combination with complete decongestive therapy.
The ideal treatment of cerebral edema in DKA is not established, but intravenous mannitol and hypertonic saline (3%) are used—as in some other forms of cerebral edema—in an attempt to reduce the swelling.
By day three, my hand was so swollen, I couldn't make a fist, and the edema was almost to my elbow.
I had a facial edema.
Medicines and pregnancy can cause edema.
Blake asks what causes pulmonary edema.
The fourth-year forward has been sidelined for two weeks with acute bone edema in his left foot.
After recovering from High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, Joshi was spotted skiing in Kashmir during winters.
Cerebral edema, swelling that occurs in the brain, is a severe and potentially fatal complication of stroke.
It causes pulmonary edema, a buildup of fluid in the lungs.
She divorced her actor husband Liam Hemsworth, had emergency surgery for Reinke’s edema — a condition caused by overuse of the vocal cords — and split from her boyfriend Cody Simpson.
While edema is a well-known consequence of stroke, there are limited treatment options and the severity of swelling in the brain depends upon the extent and location of the stroke.
An autopsy found that the couple had respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.
Rob Williams will be re-evaluated in three weeks for his left hip edema, and Vincent Poirier will undergo surgery Wednesday to help repair a fractured right pinkie suffered in Monday’s practice and is expected to be out approximately six weeks.
The couple died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, according to a statement from the country's police and other news outlets.
The girl also had subdural bleeding, brain contusions and brain edema, according to Mithoff.
Grade 3 or 4 fluid retention including pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, ascites and pulmonary edema have been reported.
These could disrupt the senior’s disease management, especially heart failure, high blood pressure and edema.
Anthrax toxin is a mixture of three protein components: protective antigen (PA), edema factor (EF), and lethal factor (LF).
Chronic diarrhea can be a symptom. citation In severe cases, edema may result in obstruction of the intestinal tract, as well as loss of peristaltic contractions. citation Strongyloidiasis in immunocompetent individuals is usually an indolent disease.
Common combinations with edema
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pulmonary edema 14×
- edema and 8×
- cerebral edema 6×
- edema in 4×
- of edema 3×
- the edema 3×
- edema swelling 3×
- edema is 3×
- macular edema 3×
- cause edema 2×