dropsies

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dropsies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. Dropsies. [OE. dropsie, dropesie,
     OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. ?
     dropsy, fr. ? water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.)
     An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity
     of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
     --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]