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Definition of Hydropic
1. a. Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
Definition of Hydropic
1. Adjective. Dropsical. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy). ¹
3. Adjective. Swollen with water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydropic
1. affected with hydropsy [adj]
Medical Definition of Hydropic
1. Containing an excess of water or of watery fluid. Synonym: dropsical. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydropic
Literary usage of Hydropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Pathology by Ernst Ziegler (1908)
"hydropic degeneration is that form of degeneration frequently observed in cells
... In muscles showing hydropic degeneration clear droplets of fluid appear ..."
2. General Pathology and Principles of Medicine for Students and Practitioners by Vernon Cecil Rowland (1921)
"hydropic or Vacuolar degeneration or serous infiltration implies an excess of
fluid within the cells. It may be in the form of minute droplets, ..."
3. The Moderate Cabal: A Satyr by Luke Milbourne (1710)
"... give Vent to his hydropic Brain,. Whence Spirit of Fa£lipn and Rebellion drain;
Apparent Heir to that damn'd Florentine, ..."
4. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"It is also resorted to occasionally as an alterative and resolvent in scrofula,
glandular enlargements, syphilis, and as a diuretic in hydropic cases, ..."
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