angioedema

angioedema

English

Alternative forms

• angioœdema, angio-œdema
• angiooedema, angio-oedema
• angio-edema

Etymology

angio- +‎ edema

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/

Noun

angioedema (usually uncountable, plural angioedemas)

1. (pathology) 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.

Synonyms

• Quincke's edema

Related terms

• angioedematous

Translations

swelling of the lower layers of the skin or of other tissues

Chinese: Mandarin: 血管性水腫／血管性水肿 (xuèguǎnxìng shuǐzhǒng) Czech: angioedém m Dutch: angio-oedeem (nl) n Finnish: angioödeema German: Angioödem n Polish: obrzęk naczynioruchowy (pl) m Portuguese: angioedema m Spanish: angioedema m

---

Italian

Etymology

From angio- +‎ edema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.d͡ʒo.eˈdɛ.ma/, /an.d͡ʒoˈɛ.de.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma, -ɛdema
• Hyphenation: an‧gio‧e‧dè‧ma, an‧gio‧è‧de‧ma

Noun

angioedema m (plural angioedemi)

1. (medicine) angioedema

Further reading

• angioedema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

---

Portuguese

Noun

angioedema m (plural angioedemas)

1. (pathology) angioedema (swelling of the lower layers of the skin or of other tissues)