hydropic

Meanings

adjectivehydropic (comparative more hydropic, superlative most hydropic)

comparative more hydropic · superlative most hydropic · alternative hydroptic · alternative hydroptique

Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
hydropic diathesis
2 more examples
Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.
a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous
‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’
1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 1352
obsoleteInsatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […].
a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell.
2013, Howard Reisner, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, →ISBN, page 8
biologyHaving a yolk deficiency.

From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).

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