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Definitions
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
Word origin
From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.
Used in a sentence
“Caliban: The dropſie drowne this foole,[…]”
“Your sacred Majesty, he has the dropsy;— We shall find pints of hydatids in’s liver, He has not half an inch of wholesome fat Upon his carious ribs—”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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