dropsy (redirected from dropsies)

drop·sy  (drps)

n.

Edema. No longer in scientific use.

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[Middle English dropesie, short for idropesie, from Old French ydropisie, from Medieval Latin ydrpisia, from Latin hydrpisis, from Greek hudrpisis, from hudrps, dropsy, a dropsical person : hudro-, water; see hydro- + ps, face; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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dropsi·cal (-s-kl) adj.

dropsi·cal·ly adv.

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dropsy [ˈdrɒpsɪ]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity

2. Slang a tip or bribe

[shortened from ydropesie, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōps, from hudōr water]

dropsical  [ˈdrɒpsɪk^əl], dropsied adj

dropsically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dropsy - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities edema, hydrops, oedema angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema - recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs lymphedema - swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas scleredema - a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face cystoid macular edema - a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina puffiness, swelling, lump - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement anasarca - generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue chemosis - edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining papilledema - swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure brain edema, cerebral edema - swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter

Translations

dropsy [ˈdrɒpsɪ] N → hidropesía f

dropsy

n → Wassersucht f