| OED |
| oedipus | (n) (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles, Syn. Oedipus Rex, King Oedipus |
| oedipus complex | (n) a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved, Syn. Oedipal complex |
| oedogoniaceae | (n) filamentous green algae, Syn. family Oedogoniaceae |
| oedogoniales | (n) simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae, Syn. order oedogoniales |
| oedogonium | (n) type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature, Syn. genus Oedogonium |
| oedema | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a swelling, tumor, fr. &unr_; to swell. ] (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
| oedematous | a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema. [ 1913 Webster ] |