PERIODIC EDEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periodic edema mean? 

• PERIODIC EDEMA (noun)
  The noun PERIODIC EDEMA has 1 sense:

1. recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs

  Familiarity information: PERIODIC EDEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIODIC EDEMA (noun)

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Meaning:

Recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

angioedema; atrophedema; giant hives; periodic edema; Quincke's edema

Hypernyms ("periodic edema" is a kind of...):

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema (swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities)