Meaning of hydropic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
2. Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
   obsolete
3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
4. Having a yolk deficiency.

Equivalents

Examples

“hydropic diathesis”

“Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.”

“‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’”

“The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […].”

“Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell.”

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