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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
OEdema \[OE]*de"ma\, noun [NL., from Gr. ? a swelling, tumor, fr. ? to swell.] (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also {edema}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Edema \E*de"ma\, noun [NL.] (Med.) Same as {[oe]dema}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
edema
noun: swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue [syn: {oedema}, {hydrops}, {dropsy}] [also: {oedemata} (pl), {edemata} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
170 Moby Thesaurus words for "edema": abscess, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, ague, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appreciation, ascent, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, augmentation, backache, ballooning, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, bump, bunion, cachexia, cachexy, carbuncle, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, corn, coughing, crescendo, cyanosis, cyst, development, diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, elevation, emaciation, enlargement, expansion, extension, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flood, flux, furuncle, gain, gassiness, greatening, growth, gush, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hike, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, increase, increment, indigestion, inflammation, inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice, jump, labored breathing, leap, low blood pressure, lumbago, lump, marasmus, meteorism, mounting, multiplication, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pimple, pock, productiveness, proliferation, pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, pustule, raise, rash, rheum, rise, rising, sclerosis, sebaceous cyst, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, snowballing, sore, spasm, spread, stretching, surge, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, up, upping, upset stomach, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, waxing, wen, widening, windiness
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