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Dropsy

//ˈdɹɑp.si// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Edema, swelling. archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Caliban: The dropſie drowne this foole,[…]"

  2. 2
    swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities wordnet

Etymology

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.

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