Edematous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Afflicted with edema.
"[…] Mary grew nearly blind in her sixties, in part because constant weeping had caused her corneas to become edematous."
Adjective
- 1 swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] Mary grew nearly blind in her sixties, in part because constant weeping had caused her corneas to become edematous."
Etymology
By surface analysis, edemato- + -ous.