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Noun: lymphedema
  1. Swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas
    "After breast cancer surgery, she developed lymphedema in her arm"

Type of: dropsy, edema [N. Amer], hydrops, oedema [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Lymphedema, congenital