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Webster 1913 Edition
Dropsy
Drop′sy
,Noun.
pl.
Dropsies
(#)
. [OE.
dropsie
, dropesie
, OF. idropisie
, F. hydropisie
, L. hydropisis
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] dropsy, fr. [GREEK] water. See Water
, and cf. Hydropsy
.] (Med.)
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dropsy
DROPSY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dropsy
dropsy
English
Noun
dropsy (usually uncountable, plural dropsies)
- (pathology) Swelling, edema, often from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD.
- 1911, Joseph Addison, Encyclopædia Britannica:
- The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy.
- 1911, Joseph Addison, Encyclopædia Britannica:
Derived terms
- dropsical
- dropsically
Translations
swelling
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