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dropsy |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie OF idropisie F. hydropisie L. hydropisis fr Gr ? dropsy, fr ? water. See {Water}, and cf {Hydropsy}.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dropsy n : swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue [syn: {edema}, {oedema}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath.
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