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Answer for the clue "Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue ", 7 letters:
hydrops

Word definitions for hydrops in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hydrops is a genus of dipsadid snakes . The genus is endemic to South America .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue [syn: edema , oedema , dropsy ]

Usage examples of hydrops.

Ineffable joy filled her heart, and then the nurse took Annelise away, and the doctor looked at her, his face changing from happiness to concern, his voice grave: The fetus is already in hydrops, Lily.

Yet another was the little black Hydrops ferox, as the Professor named him.