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Retention vs Lymphedema - What's the difference?

retention | lymphedema |

As nouns the difference between retention and lymphedema

is that retention is retention while lymphedema is (medicine) the swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels.

retention

English

(wikipedia retention)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of retaining or something retained
  • * 1599 , , II. iv. 95:
    • No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
  • The act or power of remembering things
  • A memory; what is retained in the mind
  • (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
  • (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
  • * 1599 , , V. i. 79:
    • His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
  • (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
  • (legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
    • (Erskine)
    (Craig)

    Related terms

    * retentive * retentiveness * retentivity * retentor

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    lymphedema

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lymphoedema *

    Noun

    (wikipedia lymphedema) (en noun)
  • (medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels