The Collaborative International Dictionary
OEdematous \[OE]*dem"a*tous\, a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.
Wiktionary
a. (context British spelling English) (alternative form of edematous English)
Usage examples of "oedematous".
The effects of scurvy were manifested on every hand, and in all its various stages, from the muddy, pale complexion, pale gums, feeble, languid muscular motions, lowness of spirits, and fetid breath, to the dusky, dirty, leaden complexion, swollen features, spongy, purple, livid, fungoid, bleeding gums, loose teeth, oedematous limbs, covered with livid vibices, and petechiae spasmodically flexed, painful and hardened extremities, spontaneous hemorrhages from mucous canals, and large, illconditioned, spreading ulcers covered with a dark purplish fungus growth.