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dropsy
[ drop-see ]
noun
- (formerly) edema.
- an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.
dropsy
/ ˈdrɒpsɪ; ˈdrɒpsɪkəl /
noun
- pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
- slang.a tip or bribe
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Derived Forms
- dropsical, adjective
- ˈdropsically, adverb
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Other Words From
- drop·sied [drop, -seed], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dropsy1
C13: shortened from ydropesie, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōps, from hudōr water
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Example Sentences
I am very sorry to hear that Batt is detained at Oxford in a bad state of health, with some symptoms of a growing dropsy.
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The old chief was suffering with dropsy, but under Moffat's medical care he recovered, and was soon able to walk about again.
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I found him extremely unwell, with what I conceived to be a dropsy, for his abdomen was very much swollen.
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Most of them died from intermitting fever, and from dropsy and rheumatism which followed it.
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It is distinguished from common dropsy, by the lower parts of the stomach being most swollen.
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