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dropsy
drop·sy [ drópsee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
med  ( dated )
Same as  edema
[13th century. Shortening of hydropsy, via Old French< medieval Latin hydropsia< Greek hudrōps "somebody with edema" < hudōr "water"]

drop·si·cal adjective
drop·sied adjective
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