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dropsy
noun[ U ]
old-fashioneduk /ˈdrɒp.si/ us /ˈdrɑːp.si/
a medical condition in which liquid collects in body tissues between the cells and often causes swelling:
The poor woman, who had suffered for years from gout and dropsy, died in 1714.
The roots are used for diseases of the nervous system, kidney troubles, and dropsy.
Her belly swayed, her ankles were like those of a woman with dropsy.
The same concoction is still used today for treatment of dropsy, a disease where excess fluid collects in the body tissues.
Folk remedies using the plant include treatments for dropsy and jaundice.
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bloated
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inflamed
inflammatory
puffy
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torus
tumescence
tumid
tumour
turgidity
Synonym
oedema
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