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Meaning of "dropsical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DROPSICAL

dropsical  [ˈdrɒpsɪk əl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROPSICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dropsical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DROPSICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dropsical

Edema

Edema or oedema , formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, which are locations beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body. It is clinically shown as swelling. Generally, the amount of interstitial fluid is determined by the balance of fluid homeostasis, and increased secretion of fluid into the interstitium or impaired removal of this fluid may cause edema.

Definition of dropsical in the English dictionary

The definition of dropsical in the dictionary is of or relating to dropsy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROPSICAL


alchemical
ælˈkɛmɪk əl
audiological
ˌɔːdɪəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
Christological
ˌkrɪstəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
cortical
ˈkɔːtɪk əl
countercyclical
ˌkaʊntəˈsɪklɪk əl
cyclical
ˈsɪklɪk əl
cytochemical
ˌsaɪtəʊˈkɛmɪk əl
cytological
ˌsaɪtəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
dermatological
ˌdɜːmətəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
didactical
dɪˈdæktɪk əl
dynamical
daɪˈnæmɪk əl
electrophysiological
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌfɪzɪəʊˈlɒdʒɪk əl
entomological
ˌɛntəməˈlɒdʒɪk əl
epical
ˈɛpɪk əl
epidemiological
ˈɛpɪˌdi:mɪəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
ethnobotanical
ˌɛθnəʊbəˈtænɪk əl
ethnographical
ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk əl
etiological
ˌiːtɪəˈlɒdʒɪk əl
etymological
ˌɛtɪməˈlɒdʒɪk əl
extratropical
ˌɛkstrəˈtrɒpɪk əl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROPSICAL

droplet
droplight
dropout
dropout rate
droppable
dropped
dropped sole
dropper
dropperful
dropping
droppings
dropple
drops
dropsically
dropsied
dropsonde
dropstone
dropsy
dropwise
dropwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROPSICAL

astrophysical
biophysical
chemical
classical
commonsensical
geophysical
lackadaisical
metaphysical
microphysical
musical
neoclassical
nonclassical
nonmusical
nonphysical
nonsensical
petrophysical
physical
psychophysical
semiclassical
vesical
whimsical

Synonyms and antonyms of dropsical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dropsical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROPSICAL

Find out the translation of dropsical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dropsical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dropsical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hidropesía
570 millions of speakers

English

dropsical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूजा हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خزبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отечным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dropsical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dropsical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydropique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dropsical
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hydropischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水腫の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dropsical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bịnh thung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dropsical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झेंडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ödemli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

idropico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dropsical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набряклим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hidropic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδρωπικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water gehad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattusiktiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prblemer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dropsical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSICAL»

The term «dropsical» is regularly used and occupies the 83.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dropsical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROPSICAL»

Discover the use of dropsical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dropsical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy
In cardiac dropsy due to cardiac weakness, cardiac affections- i.e., enlargement of heart, with slow feeble pulse, chilliness and blueness of fingers of hands and feet. 13. Carduus mar-Q IX,3X: Be given with full confidence in dropsical swelling  ...
R. L. Gupta, 1999
2
The New England Botanic, Medical and Surgical Journal
The dropsical surface, with its preturnatural accumulation of blood and organic activity, diminishes or arrests the healthy activity of the kidneys. This exposes the folly of turning all attention to the forcing of those parts to pour out urine by the ...
3
The London medical gazette: being a weekly journal of ...
being a weekly journal of medicine and the collateral sciences. 1846,7/12. DROPSICAL FLUID IN MORBUS BRIGHTII. 320 MR. STUART'S ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT or A. 319 §:—— m|l_'"=-- lufl'er very little diminution ...
4
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
The griping pains still-continue; the tenderness on pressure rather inT creased ; the dropsical symptoms undiminished. On examining the tongue, 1 perceived that it was dry and parched, and evidently very different in its appearance from that ...
5
Observations on the Nature and Cure of Dropsies,: And ...
And Particularly on the Presence of the Coagulable Part of the Blood in Dropsical Urine; to which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Several Cases of Angina Pectoris, with Dissections, &c John Blackall. CHAPTER XII. RECAPITULATION.
John Blackall, 1813
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The Eclectic Journal of Medicine
First, Dropsical diseases are not always the result either of debility of the absorbents or obstruction to the motion of the blood in the vessels. Secondly, They are often the effect of inflammation, which has been either inactively treated, or has ...
7
Eclectic Journal of Medicine
First, Dropsical diseases are not always the result either of debility of the absorbents or obstruction to the motion of the blood in the vessels. Secondly, They are often the effect of inflammation, which has been either inactively treated, or has ...
8
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal
Of the forty-five persons who had the fever, nine boys became affected with dropsical effusions ; of these one died of hydrocephalus, and several were in considerable dan ger, some of them having laboured under convulsions and symptoms ...
9
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a ...
be admitted, if we take a short review of the principal circumstances under which dropsical effusion takes place in the cellular membrane, or the great cavities. 1. Dropsical symptoms frequently appear in an exhausted and debilitated state of ...
10
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
acute general bronchitis, on the third day. No inspection was allowed in either case. '23. On Dropsical Aflcdt'mrsJhe Se elm ofSca.rla-ti1ia.—By JAMES STARK, M. D. Scarlatina is one of those diseases which require the most careful treatment  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROPSICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dropsical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Evgeny Lebedev, Britain's youngest newspaper proprietor
Charles Dickens used to visit and called it a “tavern of dropsical appearance” in his 1865 novel Our Mutual Friend. More recently, Lebedev set ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
2
Firk, town-routing and hoomble-coom-booze: A Victorian dictionary …
Squilker, squilkering, swilker, rumble and rumbling noise of liquid in the stomach. Peculiar to dropsical people, sound of water in the shoes. «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
3
Back in the USSR: Chaos Behind 1991 Soviet Film 'And Quiet Flows …
... Chelsea — but that's another story) doing a dropsical Louis XVIII. The Reggia di Caserta, a gargantuan wonder near Naples, stands in for the ... «Out Magazine, Feb 15»
4
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The story of two dropsical barflies (Mister and Aunt Mary) and their weird child friend Young Tim as they deal with the metaphysical ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Dec 14»
5
Guava, Bitter Leaf Protect Against Diabetes Complications
Colocynth of commerce is official in most pharmacopoeias as a purgative and has been used for dropsical and other conditions, and ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
6
The Grapes, London, pub review
A tavern of dropsical appearance …long settled down into a state of hale infirmity. It had outlasted many a sprucer public house, indeed the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
7
Who was St. Francis of Assisi? 12 things to know and share
[By April, 1226] alarming dropsical symptoms [i.e., edema, abnormal bodily swelling due to water retention] had developed, and it was in a ... «National Catholic Register, Oct 14»
8
Anything for Power: The Real Story of China's Jiang Zemin …
Zhang's face turned dark and dropsical, and the hospital pronounced there was no hope of survival. But by taking up the practice of Falun Gong ... «The Epoch Times, Oct 14»
9
Heralds riot at the Queen's funeral
On her death, the queen, still only 49, had been fat and dropsical. Her body was eviscerated and the innards put into a suitable box or urn. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
10
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... for his hostelry The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters in Our Mutual Friend, at which time it was a rough establishment 'of a dropsical appearance'. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dropsical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dropsical>. May 2024 ».
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