hydropic

American  

[hahy-drop-ik] / haɪˈdrɒp ɪk /

Also hydropical

adjective

Pathology.

1. dropsical.

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Other Word Forms

• hydropically adverb

Etymology

Origin of hydropic

1580–90; < Latin hydrōpicus < Greek hydrōpikós, equivalent to hydrōp- (stem of hýdrōps ) hydrops + -ikos -ic; replacing Middle English ydropike < Old French < Latin

Example Sentences

If only the cavity of the thorax is hydropic, the pulse is not quick nor irregular.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Prunelloes have scarce any laxative quality: these are mild grateful refrigerants, and, by being occasionally kept in the mouth, usefully allay the thirst of hydropic persons.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

L. D.-These have a nauseous bitter taste: decoctions of them loosen the belly, promote urine, and stand recommended in hydropic cases.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

"Sometimes, adult patients wholly recover from chronic or sub-acute inflammation, which induced the structural disease, and this last becomes, at some future period, the occasional cause of the hydropic one."

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The poet observes, that the wants of philosophy are contracted, satisfied with “cheap contentment,” but Taste alone requires Entire profusion! days and nights, and hours Thy voice, hydropic Fancy! calls aloud For costly draughts.——

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac