dropsy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
    oedema; hydrops; edema.

WordNet

Drop"sy noun
Etymology
OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. dropsy, fr. water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy.
Wordforms
plural Dropsies
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.

Webster 1913