Definitions for angioedema

Overview of noun angioedema

The noun angioedema has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema

(recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs)