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 dema.
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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