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hydropic

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/

Definition of hydropic

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
    “‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’”
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adj

  1. 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.”
    “‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’”
  2. (obsolete)Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
    “The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […].”
  3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
    “Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell.”
  4. Having a yolk deficiency.

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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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