Oedema vs. Edema: What's the Difference?

Variant of edema.

(Medicine)An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

(British spelling) edema

(Botany)A condition of plants characterized by blisterlike swellings on the leaves or other parts, caused by an accumulation of water.

A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue

A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

Same as œdema.

Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue