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OEDEMATOUS

Definition: OEDEMATOUS

OEDEMATOUS

Adjective

1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "OEDEMATOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)


Synonyms within Context: OEDEMATOUS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Expansion

Adjective: expanded; Verb: larger; (large; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied; edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended; patulous; bulbous; (convex); full blown, full grown, full formed; big; abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate; tumefacient, tumefying.

Softness

Flaccid, flocculent, downy; edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: OEDEMATOUS

English words defined with "OEDEMATOUS": Edematose. (references)

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Usage Frequency: OEDEMATOUS

"OEDEMATOUS" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "OEDEMATOUS" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2471,196

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: OEDEMATOUS

Language Translations for "OEDEMATOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ødematøs. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

oedemateus. (various references)

   

French

  

oedémateux. (various references)

   

German

  

ödematös. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οιδηματώδης (hydropic), οιδηματικός. (various references)

   

Italian

  

edematoso. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oedematousay

   

Portuguese

  

edematoso. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

edematoso. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nề (oedema, oedematose). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "OEDEMATOUS"

Words rhyming with "OEDEMATOUS" (pronounced '[OE]*dem"a*tous'): Acclivitous, Acetous, Achromatous, Acronyctous, Agalactous, Angiospermatous, Anhistous, Apostematous, Aproctous, Archaeostomatous, Argentous, Aromatous, Asbestous, Asomatous, Aspermatous, Atheromatous, Automatous, Azotous, Bicipitous, Boistous, Calamitous, Carcinomatous, Cataractous, Centicipitous, Cespitous, Chilostomatous, Circuitous, Comatous, Compositous, Cruentous, Echinodermatous, filamentous, fortuitous, Glaucomatous, gratuitous, infelicitous, iniquitous, Lentous, Lithophytous, Macrotous, momentous, Monotrematous, Necessitous, Odontostomatous, Ostentous, Pachydermatous, Papillomatous, Pectous, Pedetentous, Perichaetous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: OEDEMATOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o-o-s-t-u"

-1 letter: edematous.

-2 letters: autosome, outmodes, stomodea.

-3 letters: demotes, medusae, oedemas, osteoma, outdoes, outmode, sauteed, steamed.

-4 letters: adeems, amused, autoed, datums, demast, demote, doumas, duomos, edemas, emoted, emotes, etudes, masted, meated, meatus, medusa, meoued, moated, modest, mooted, moused, musted, mustee, mutase, odeums, oedema, ousted, outsee, sauted, seamed, seated, sedate, sooted, teamed, teased, toused.

-5 letters: adeem, adust, aedes.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o-o-s-t-u"
 

+5 letters: deuteranomalous, echinodermatous, pseudocoelomate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OEDEMATOUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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