hydrops

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.

Noun

hydrops (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

Derived terms

• hydrops fetalis

Translations

accumulation of serous fluid

• Bulgarian: воднянка f (vodnjanka)
• Dutch: leewater (nl) n
• Italian: idrope (it) m
• Kazakh: шемен (şemen)
• Malayalam: നീര് (ml) (nīrŭ)
• Russian: отёк (ru) m (otjók)

See also

• edema

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps, “dropsy”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.droːps/, [ˈhʏd̪roːps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.drops/, [ˈiːd̪rops]

Noun

hydrōps m (genitive hydrōpis); third declension

1. dropsy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hydrōps	hydrōpēs
genitive	hydrōpis	hydrōpum
dative	hydrōpī	hydrōpibus
accusative	hydrōpem	hydrōpēs
ablative	hydrōpe	hydrōpibus
vocative	hydrōps	hydrōpēs

Synonyms

• ὕδερος (húderos)

Descendants

• Late Latin: hydropisia
  • Old French: ydropisie, idropsie
    • French: hydropisie
    • → Middle English: dropesie, idropesie
      • English: dropsy, hydropsy
  • Old Spanish: ydropisia
    • Spanish: hidropesía
• → English: hydrops

References

• “hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers