Look up: Dropsy

1. Dropsy
   archaic or obsolete terms > Medical: Oedema (fluid retention), often due to heart or kidney disease. Contraction of hydropsy, congestive heart failure edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease. Dropsy would be called congestive heart failure today. Accumulation of fluid around the heart.
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2. Dropsy
   a swelling caused by accumulation of abnormally large amounts of fluid. Caused by kidney disease or congestive heart failure. William Withering was the first to describe the use of a foxglove (digitalis) in the treatment of dropsy. A collection of water in the body. An anascara, a species of dropsy,...
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3. Dropsy
   Generalized edema (swelling).
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4. Dropsy
   Dropsy: An old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. In years gone by, a person might have been said to have dropsy. Today one would be more descriptive and specify the cause. Thus, the person might have edema due to congestive heart failure. Edema is often m...
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5. Dropsy
   Drop'sy noun ; plural Dropsies . [ Middle English dropsie , dropesie , Old French idropisie , French hydropisie , Latin hydropisis , from Greek ... dropsy, from ... water. See Water , and confer...
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6. dropsy
   Origin: OE. Dropsie, dropesie, OF. Idropisie, F. Hydropisie, L. Hydropisis, fr. Gr. Dropsy, fr. Water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy. ... <medicine> An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. dropsy
   (drop´se) old term for edema. adj., drop´sical, adj. .
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8. Dropsy
   • (n.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
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9. dropsy
   dropsy: see edema.
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10. Dropsy
    Dropsy is slang for a tip or bribe.
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11. Dropsy
    Dropsy is slang for a tip or bribe.
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12. Dropsy
    Dropsy is an accumulation of serous fluid in the body cavities or tissues. Serum is normally exuded through the walls of the small blood-vessels, part of it being absorbed by the veins and lymphatic vessels and returned to the blood. Dropsy arises when the serum is not absorbed sufficiently or is ex...
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13. dropsy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: drop′sē Definitions: 1. Older term for generalized edema, most often associated with cardiac failure.
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14. Dropsy
    A contraction for hydropsy. The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid. Congestive heart failure
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15. Dropsy
    Dropsy, also known as adema, it is the accumulation of fluid in the body; it may affect all parts of the body although it commonly occurs in the feet and ankles. The bloating and swelling causes muscle aches and pains. Edema may be caused by allergies or disorders of the kidney, bladder, heart, or liver.
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