| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun dropsy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (dropsy) | 1. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.[Wordnet]. 2. An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DROPSIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dropsy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] In medicine, an unnatural collection of water, in an part of the body, proceeding from a greater effusion of serum by the exhalant arteries, than the absorbents take up. It occurs most frequently in persons of lax habits, or in bodies debilitated by disease. The dropsy takes different names, according to the part affected; as ascites, or dropsy of the abdomen; hydrocephalus, or water in the head; anasarca, or a watery swelling over the whole body; &c.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Bible | Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Botanical | A general accumulation of fluid in the body. Treated with Annona, Cecropea, Cissus, Luffa, Moringa, Pistia, Solanum, Spondias. (references) | ||
| Dream Interpretation | To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time, but from which you will recover with renewed vigor. To see others thus afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have tidings of their good health. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (pathology) Swelling, edema, often from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD. 1911 The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy. — "Joseph Addison", Encyclopædia Britannica. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: dropsy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Epidemic dropsy | Epidemic dropsy is a form of edema due to intoxication with Argemone mexicana (Mexican prickly poppy). (references) | ||
| Wind dropsy | (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: dropsy | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Epidemic dropsy | 11 | Dominique Dropsy | 7 | |
| Dominique Dropsy | 7 | Epidemic dropsy | 11 | |
| Fish Dropsy | 7 | Fish Dropsy | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
