edematous

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

edema +‎ -ous

Adjective

edematous (comparative more edematous, superlative most edematous)

  1. (medicine) Afflicted with edema
    • 1988, January 8, “James Krohe Jr.”, in Reading: Last Among First Ladies‎:
      […] Mary grew nearly blind in her sixties, in part because constant weeping had caused her corneas to become edematous.
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