hydropic
adj/haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/
Etymology From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).
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Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
- hydropic diathesis
- 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:
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- ‘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:
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Obsolete Insatiably 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:
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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:
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Biology, Natural sciences Of an egg Having a yolk deficiency.
- Derived terms
- anhydropic, antihydropic