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Dropsy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Dropsy has 1 sense
- dropsy(n = noun.state) edema, hydrops, oedema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities; Array has particulars: angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, quincke's edema, lymphedema, scleredema, cystoid macular edema, anasarca, chemosis, papilledema, brain edema, cerebral edema
is a kind of lump, puffiness, swelling
Derived form adjective dropsical1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Dropsy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 = OEDEMA.
2 sl. a tip or bribe.
1 = OEDEMA.
2 sl. a tip or bribe.
Derivative
dropsical adj. (in sense 1).
Etymology
ME f. idrop(e)sie f. OF idropesie ult. f. L hydropisis f. Gk hudrops dropsy (as HYDRO-)
THESAURUS
Dropsy
abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flux, gassiness, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, meteorism, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stretching, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, windinessROGET THESAURUS
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Expansion
N expansion, increase of size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, amplification, ampliation, aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction, turgescence, turgidness, turgidity, dispansion, obesity, hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus, dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension, puffing, puffiness, inflation, pandiculation, dilatability, expansibility, germination, growth, upgrowth, accretion, budding, gemmation, overgrowth, overdistension, hypertrophy, tympany, bulb, plumper, superiority of size, big bang, Hubble constant, expanded larger, &c (large), swollen, expansive, wide open, wide spread, flabelliform, overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical, pot bellied, swag bellied, edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended, patulous, bulbous, full blown, full grown, full formed, big, abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate, tumefacient, tumefying.
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