dropsy

n.
Edema. No longer in scientific use.

[Middle English dropesie, short for idropesie, from Old French ydropisie, from Medieval Latin ydrōpisia, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōpiāsis, from hudrōps, dropsy, a dropsical person : hudro-, water; see hydro- + ōps, face.]

dropsical drop'si·cal (-sĭ-kəl) adj.
dropsically drop'si·cal·ly adv.

(drŏp'sē)
n.

Edema. No longer in technical use.

Affected with or pertaining to dropsy.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue
  Synonyms: edema, oedema, hydrops

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ødem, vattersot, drikkepenge

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterzucht, smeergeld

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) hydropisie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wassersucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολ.) υδρωπικία

Italiano (Italian)
edema

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hidropisia (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
водянка

Español (Spanish)
n. - hidropesía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - med. vattusot, sl. muta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
水肿, 积水

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水腫, 積水

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수종, 뇌물, 팁

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 水症, 水腫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) داء الاستسقاء مرض يتميز بتجمع السوائل في بعض أعضاء الجسم وبخاصه الأرجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מצב של עודף נוזל מימי בחללי רקמות הגוף, מיימת (מחלה)‬

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