وذمة oedema
Etymology of arabic words =وذمة
=(ouadima/ouathima ) means oedema i.e. swelling/swollen and is probably of
Greek origin. The greek word οίδημα (idima) comes from the antiquity and
the name of the heroe of Sofocles' tragedy Oedipous had (originally)
the meaning of somebody with swollen foot as it is composed from the
words edema+ foot.
In Turkish they use the word ödem probably from the same origin.
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