anasarcous

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adjective

Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveanasarcous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBelonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

    The Anasarcous Hydrocele may be known by the splendour, softness and thickness of the Scrotum

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Origin

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