— hydroptic , adj.
/huy"drops/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) Pathol.
(formerly) edema. Also called hydropsy /huy"drop see/ .
[ 1700-10; hydrops hýdrops DROPSY, equiv. to hydr- HYDR- 1 + -ops appearance (lit., eye, face), appar. by confusion with ópsis appearance ]