Edema

Swelling, especially such as is due to the effusion of serous fluid into areolar ti ues. See Anasarca . E., Acute Circumscribed. See Angio-neurotic and I rrticaria cedematosa. E., Acute Idiopathic. See E., An gio neurotic. E., Acute Non -inflammatory. See E., Angio-neurotic. E., Angio-neurotic, (iiant urticaria; a vaso-motor disorder, characterized by the abrupt occurrence of edematous swelling of variable extent, sometimes accompanied by gastro-intestinal crises. There may be a marked hereditary feature in the disease. Death may result from edema of the larynx. E., Brown, the brownish fluid thai flow i from the cut surface of a lung in the state of brown induration. E., Filtration, a peculiar sort of edema of the conjunctiva observed after operations or injuries that have produced a perforation in the most anterior sections of the sclera. It is due to the oozing of the aqueous humor between the lips of the wound and under the conjunctiva. E., Intermittent. See Angio-neurotic . E., Malarial. See Angio-neurotic . E., Malignant, the term applied by Koch to a parasitic form of gangrenous inflammation that occurs at times after serious bone-injuries, etc. It is characterized by the rapid spread, the septic character of the inflammatory product, and the speedy destruction of the ti ue involved, with the formation of gas. It is also called Gangrenous emphysema. E., Menstrual. See Angio-neurotic . E. neon a to rum, a disease resembling somewhat sclerema neon a to rum, the skin, however, being le generally involved and le edematous, filled with a serous fluid, and a uming a livid or purplish, rather than a whitish tint, as in sclerema. The disease begins before the third day of life, with drowsine , and then the edema appears in the extremities, especially the legs, gradually spreading upward. E., Solid, a form of edema in which puncture gives exit not to serum, but to a sanious, stringy, lymphoid material.