DROPSY


Meaning of DROPSY in English

/ ˈdrɒpsi; NAmE ˈdrɑːpsi/ noun

[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) = oedema

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : shortening of idropesie , earlier form of obsolete hydropsy , via Old French and Latin from Greek hudrōps dropsy, from hudōr water.

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