Dropsy

Noun

 * 1)  Swelling, edema, often from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD.
 * 1911 The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy. — "Joseph Addison", Encyclopædia Britannica.

Derived terms

 * dropsical
 * dropsically

Find words for Dropsy
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Thesaurus
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Etymology
Ultimately from ὕδρωψ: < ὕδωρ:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: воднянка
 * Spanish: hidropesía