Edematous is a word pathologists use to describe a tissue that contains extra clear, watery fluid. It is the adjective form of edema, which is the name for the buildup of fluid itself. If your report says a tissue is edematous, it means the pathologist saw that the tissue was swollen with fluid. Describing a …
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Edema is a buildup of clear, watery fluid inside a tissue. It happens when fluid from the blood leaks out of small blood vessels and collects in the tissue around them. When a tissue contains this extra fluid, pathologists may describe it as edematous. Edema is a description of something the pathologist saw, not a …
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