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| an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity |
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| situated within but not restricted to or characteristic of a particular organ or tissue —used especially of fibrous tissue |
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| movement of a solvent (as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane |
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| the concentration of an osmotic solution especially when measured in osmols or milliosmols per liter of solution |
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| excess of sugar in the blood |
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| to contract or curl up the body or part of it |
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| to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
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| of, relating to, or exhibiting equal osmotic pressure —compare hypertonic 2, hypotonic 2 |
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