angioedema
Angioödem
Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or…Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
/ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
Angioedema of the throat can cause suffocation and should be treated as a medical emergency.
Angioödem
More definitions
- recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
Translations
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By meaning 1
swelling of the lower layers of the skin or of other tissues:
Forms
plural: angioedemasSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs:atrophedemagiant hivesperiodic edemaQuincke-ap-s edema
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedangioedematous
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable