edema - swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissuelymphedema - swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues scleredema - a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face anasarca - generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue chemosis - edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining papilledema - swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure |