dropsical

English

Etymology

From dropsy +‎ -ical.

Adjective

dropsical (comparative more dropsical, superlative most dropsical)

1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
   • 1980, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:

     Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.

Derived terms

• antidropsical
• dropsically
• nondropsical
• undropsical

 

Translations

relating to water collecting in body cavities and tissues

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑδροπικός (hudropikós)

• Maori: kōpūrua
• Old English: wætersēoc