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Cerebral edema

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cerebral edema
n.
Brain swelling due to increased volume of the extravascular compartment from the uptake of water in the gray and white matter.
Cerebral edema
Fluid collecting in the brain, causing tissue to swell.
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Necropsy showed cerebral edema and hemorrhages in the pleura, lungs, pericardium, endocardium, and gastric mucosa.
Fatal human infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatan, Mexico by Dzul-Rosado, Karla R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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The exhaustion of trekking to 21,000 feet forced setbacks when three students developed altitude sickness and cerebral edema, a life-threatening swelling of the brain caused by low oxygen levels.
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