c. 1400, from medical Latin, from Greek oidema (genitive oidematos) "a swelling tumor," from oidein "to swell," from oidos "tumor, swelling," from PIE *oid- "to swell" (cognates: Latin aemidus "swelling," Armenian aitumn "a swelling," Old Norse eista "testicle," Old English attor "poison" (that which makes the body swell), and the first element in Oedipus).
雙語例句
1. Maybe pulmonary edema was not in the cards for me after all.
也許我根本就不會(huì)得肺氣腫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. When pulmonary capillary pressure is markedly elevated, pulmonary edema ensues.
當(dāng)肺毛細(xì)血管壓力明顯升高時(shí), 就出現(xiàn)肺水腫.
來自辭典例句
3. The lungs should be examined for possible pulmonary edema.
應(yīng)檢查肺部,視其是否有肺水腫.
來自辭典例句
4. Edema tends to appear first where tissue turgor is normally lowest.
水腫首先表現(xiàn)在正常時(shí)充盈度最低的部位.
來自辭典例句
5. If edema is excessive, the cast will be halved.