English

Adjective

hydropic ‎(comparative more hydropic, superlative most hydropic)

1. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
   • 2013, Howard Reisner, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology (ISBN 1451181329), page 8

     Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell.

2. Dropsical.

   hydropic diathesis

   • Tillotson:

     Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.

3. (obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).