anasarcous

English

Etymology

From anasarca +‎ -ous.

Adjective

anasarcous (not comparable)

1. Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     The Anasarcous Hydrocele may be known by the splendour, softness and thickness of the Scrotum

References

“anasarcous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.