hydropic

English

Etymology

From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/

Adjective

hydropic (comparative more hydropic, superlative most hydropic)

1. Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).

   hydropic diathesis

   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous:

     Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.

   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 1352:

     ‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’

2. (obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
   • a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633:

     The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […].

3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
   • 2013, Howard Reisner, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, →ISBN, page 8:

     Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell.

4. (biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.

Alternative forms

• hydroptic, hydroptique