edema: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	edemas • oedema • edemata • hydrops

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accumulation of fluid in the lungs

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Topics

cerebral edema anasarca diuretic metabolic disease fluid and electrolyte disorder diabetes mellitus hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism osteoporosis phenylketonuria Gaucher disease gout hypoglycemia metachromatic leukodystrophy metabolic bone disease

Key People

William Withering

William Withering

English physician

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Fernand-Isidore Widal

French physician and bacteriologist

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