dropsy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdrɑːpsi/
- Archaic
:
hidropesía
- Your outrageous pillage has greatly aggravated his dropsy.
- dropsy cure
Examples
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I have seen the onset for dropsy and it is not a pretty sight!
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Gluttony meant dropsy and a large belly.
Academic text (2018) -
Now, if you look up dropsy in a dictionary, how many of you have heard of dropsy?
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Dropsy is an old word for an older problem.
Academic text (2008) -
But you'll sometimes hear this condition referred to by its informal Victorian era name, which is dropsy, palsy, falling sickness, or grip.
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Withering wrote up 163 cases of dropsy in which he used the plant, and the majority of those patients (no doubt the ones whose dropsy was caused by heart failure) got better.
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The title character of Cather's late novel is a strong-willed and bitter member of the dying Southern aristocracy, confined by dropsy to a wheelchair.
Academic text (1994) -
In small or moderate doses, it is a powerful diuretic and a valuable remedy in dropsy, especially when this is connected with affections of the heart.
Blog text (19) -
The patient was diagnosed with dropsy, which caused swelling in her legs and abdomen.
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Doctors explained that dropsy is often a symptom of heart failure or kidney problems.
Synonyms
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Swelling that happens when too much fluid builds up in parts of the body, for example the legs or face
Swelling that happens when too much fluid builds up in parts of the body
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Etymology
The word dropsy comes from the simple word drop, meaning 'a small bit of liquid'. Imagine many drops collecting inside the body and making it swell, so dropsy describes the build-up of watery fluid now called edema.