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drop⋅sy

  [drop-see]
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–noun
1. (formerly) edema.
2. an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME drop(e)sie, aph. var. of ydropesie < OF < ML (h)ydrōpisīa, equiv. to L hydrōpis(is) (< Gk hydrōpi-, s. of hýdrōps dropsy (hydr- hydr- + -ōpsi- < ?) + -sis -sis ) + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
drop⋅sied  [drop-seed] , adjective
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drop·sy   (drŏp'sē)   
n.  Edema. No longer in scientific use.

[Middle English dropesie, short for idropesie, from Old French ydropisie, from Medieval Latin ydrōpisia, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōpiāsis, from hudrōps, dropsy, a dropsical person : hudro-, water; see hydro- + ōps, face; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
drop'si·cal (-sĭ-kəl) adj., drop'si·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

dropsy 
c.1290, aphetic of M.E. ydropsy, from O.Fr. idropsie, from L. hydropsis, from Gk. hydrops (gen. hydropos) "dropsy," from hydor "water" (see water (n.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drop·sy
Pronunciation: 'dräp-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural drop·sies
: EDEMA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dropsy drop·sy (drŏp'sē)
n.
Edema. No longer in technical use.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Bible Dictionary

Dropsy

mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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