hydropic
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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
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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.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
It also distorts the vision, producing an hydropic effect, as has been noted by Calderón in his Life is a Dream.
From Youth and Egolatry by Fassett, Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat)
It is consequently, cæteris paribus, in a less quantity where the general hydropic excitement of the system succeeds, and is dependent on the local one.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
When fever exists first, and terminates in dropsy, who has proved, that there existed no local irritation producing the fever, and that the hydropic irritation has not supervened by metastasis.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
And the hydropic, "Thou sayst true in this, but thou wast not so true a witness there where thou wast questioned of the truth at Troy."
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot
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