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• Oedema

  [ih-dee-muh] /ɪˈdi mə/ noun, plural oedemata [ih-dee-muh-tuh] /ɪˈdi mə tə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. 1. . [ih-dee-muh] /ɪˈdi mə/ noun, plural edemas, edemata [ih-dee-muh-tuh] /ɪˈdi mə tə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. 1. effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities. 2. Plant Pathology. /ɪˈdiːmə/ noun (pl) -mata (-mətə) 1. […]

• Oedipal

  [ed-uh-puh l, ee-duh-] /ˈɛd ə pəl, ˈi də-/ adjective, (often initial capital letter) 1. of, characterized by, or resulting from the . adj. 1939, “of or pertaining to desire felt for opposite-sex parent,” from Oedipus complex (1910), coined by Freud from Sophocles’ play “Oedipus Tyrannus,” in which the title character, the Theban hero, answers the […]

• Oedipal phase

  oedipal phase n. In psychoanalytic theory, the stage in psychosexual development, usually occurring between the ages of 3 and 7, characterized by manifestation of the Oedipal complex.

• Oedipean

  [ed-uh-pee-uh n] /ˌɛd əˈpi ən/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.

• Oedipism

  oedipism oed·i·pism (ěd’ə-pĭz’əm, ē’də-) n.

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