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Edema

Medical Definition: Excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue.
Guide Notes: GEN: prefer specifics; coord IM with organ/diseases term (IM); egg-white edema: coord IM with OVALBUMIN (NIM if indexed at all); EPH (Edema, Proteinuria, Hypertension) = GESTOSIS, EPH & do not index under EDEMA unless it is particularly discussed

Edema Medical Definitions and Terms

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