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hydropic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
   • Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous:
   • ‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’ 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 1352:
   • hydropic diathesis
2. (obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
   • The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […]. a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633:
3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
   • Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell. 2013, Howard Reisner, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology, →ISBN, page 8:
4. (of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.

Forms

Deriveds

anhydropic · antihydropic