Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dropsy"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Dropsy
mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured
by Christ on the Sabbath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie,
OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. ?
dropsy, fr. ? water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.)
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity
of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
--Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dropsy
n : swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in
tissue [syn: {edema}, {oedema}, {hydrops}]
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