edematous

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Etymology

edemato- +‎ -ous

Adjective

edematous (comparative more edematous, superlative most edematous)

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

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