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Edema vs. Exudate — What's the Difference?

Edema vs. Exudate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Edema and Exudate

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Edema

Edema, also spelled oedema, and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected.

Exudate

An exudate is a fluid emitted by an organism through pores or a wound, a process known as exuding or exudation.Exudate is derived from exude, "to ooze", from the Latin exsūdāre, "to (ooze out) sweat" (ex- "out" and sūdāre "to sweat").

Edema

(Medicine)An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

Exudate

A substance that has oozed forth.

Edema

(Botany)A condition of plants characterized by blisterlike swellings on the leaves or other parts, caused by an accumulation of water.
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Exudate

A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

Edema

An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

Exudate

(obsolete) To exude.

Edema

A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

Exudate

To exude.

Edema

Same as œdema.

Exudate

A product of exudation; an exuded substance.

Edema

Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue

Exudate

A substance that oozes out from animal or plant pores

Exudate

Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities;
Exude sweat through the pores

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