hydropic

American  

[hahy-drop-ik] / haɪˈdrɒp ɪk /

Also hydropical

adjective

Pathology.

1. dropsical.

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Other Word Forms

• hydropically adverb

Etymology

Origin of hydropic

1580–90; < Latin hydrōpicus < Greek hydrōpikós, equivalent to hydrōp- (stem of hýdrōps ) hydrops + -ikos -ic; replacing Middle English ydropike < Old French < Latin

Example Sentences

In this cellular Membrane the extravasated Waters of hydropic Patients are commonly diffused; and here they give Way to that Motion, to which their own Weight disposes them.

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The poet observes, that the wants of philosophy are contracted, satisfied with “cheap contentment,” but Taste alone requires Entire profusion! days and nights, and hours Thy voice, hydropic Fancy! calls aloud For costly draughts.——

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In the idiopathic form of hydropic inflammation, attacking the serous membranes of the chest and abdomen, and which, agreeably to our author, may be strictly local, or consist in a general specific excitement of the system, leading to a general watery effusion, the lancet is particularly advantageous, and should be had recourse to.

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From these circumstances, he concludes, that the hydropic fluid, which contains little albumen, is the product of a lower grade of inflammation.

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This same power is likewise a property, though in a much less degree, of the hydropic effusion, when the inflammation which produces it, is idiopathic; or in other words, not created by a visceral or other disease, or some particular excitement of the general system, as is seen in cases of anasarca.

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