See Also: billet(medicine)
billet(dictionary)
billet(2)(dictionary)
billet(1)(dictionary)
billet 1, noun(dictionary)
billet 2, verb(dictionary)
billet-doux(dictionary)
oedema(medicine)
oedema(dictionary)
laryngeal oedema(medicine)

billet 2, verb (oh) and oedema (iou)


billet 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
to put soldiers in a private house to live there temporarily

oedema (iou)



oedema noun. , -mas. LME.
[Late Latin from Greek oidema, from oidein swell.]
Medicine. (A) local or General swelling produced by the accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or cavities; dropsy.
oede'matic adjective (now rare or obsolete) oedematous M17.
oedematose adjective oedematous E18.
oedematous adjective pertaining to or of the Nature of oedema; affected with oedema, dropsical: M17.
oedematously adverb L18.