dropsy

Noun

Meaning

An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

edema oedema hydrops growth hydrocephalus inflation trick amplification swell bribe abscess dilation coughing graft anaemia
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Antonyms

still decline reduction decrease compression animation
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Hypernyms

lump puffiness swelling

Hyponyms

angioedema cerebral edema anasarca scleredema lymphedema papilledema

Phrases with the word

abdominal dropsy

Derivatives

dropsies

Examples

A quotation's only a short neat way of sayin' somethin' everybody knows, like "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide." Margery Allingham

Attacks of breathlessness due to dropsy forced him to sleep upright in a chair, and doctors frequently tapped his abdomen to drain excess fluid. Source: Internet

Beri-beri, polyneuritis in birds, epidemic dropsy, scurvy, experimental scurvy in animals, infantile scurvy, ship beri-beri, pellagra. Source: Internet

Grieson and Mays, Chronology Olybrius died of dropsy after only seven months of rule. Source: Internet

In January 40 Domitius died of edema (dropsy) at Pyrgi. Source: Internet

On 15 August 1369, Philippa died of an illness similar to dropsy in Windsor Castle at the age of fifty-five. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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