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dropsical
[ drop-si-kuhl ]
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Other Words From
- dropsi·cal·ly adverb
- dropsi·cal·ness noun
- non·dropsi·cal adjective
- non·dropsi·cal·ly adverb
- un·dropsi·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dropsical1
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Example Sentences
It weighed several tons, and its tyres were like dropsical life-belts.
This ready, though raw wench, gave an instance of this, and improved on the dropsical hint I had given her.
The lady's seeming plumpness was owing to a dropsical disorder, and to the round posture she lay in—very likely, truly.
His asthma tormented him day and night, and dropsical symptoms made their appearance.
M. Chailly tells us, that in thirteen cases of convulsions nine were first pregnancies, and seven of the females were dropsical.
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