Search Result for "periodic_edema":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

periodic edema n 1: 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 [syn: angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema]