noun Pathology.
- swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
n.
- Recurring episodes of noninflammatory swelling of the skin, mucous membranes, viscera, and brain, occasionally accompanied by arthralgia, purpura, or fever.angioedema atrophedema Bannister’s disease giant urticaria Quincke’s disease
n.
- angioneurotic edema