lymphedema
noun
lymphedema is a noun meaning “The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-Y-M-P-H-E-D-E-M-A, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lymphedema is lymphedemas.
What does lymphedema mean?
noun
- 1
The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lymphedema
- lymphedemas plural
- lymphoedema
- lymphœdema
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lymphedema?
Lymphedema appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lymphedema in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense swelling of tissue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lymphœdème |
| German | Lymphödem |
| Portuguese | linfedema |
| Spanish | linfedema |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.