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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROPSY

Shortened from ydropesie, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōps, from hudōr water.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROPSY

dropsy  [ˈdrɒpsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROPSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dropsy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROPSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dropsy

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 dropsy in the English dictionary

The definition of dropsy in the dictionary is a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity. Other definition of dropsy is a tip or bribe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROPSY


acatalepsy
eɪˈkætəˌlɛpsɪ
apepsy
əˈpepsɪ
autopsy
ˈɔːtəpsɪ
biopsy
ˈbaɪɒpsɪ
catalepsy
ˈkætəˌlɛpsɪ
copsy
ˈkɒpsɪ
Dempsey
ˈdɛmpsɪ
dyspepsy
dɪsˈpɛpsɪ
epilepsy
ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsɪ
eupepsy
juːˈpɛpsɪ
Gipsy
ˈdʒɪpsɪ
Gypsy
ˈdʒɪpsɪ
lithotripsy
ˈlɪθəʊˌtrɪpsɪ
mopsy
ˈmɒpsɪ
narcolepsy
ˈnɑːkəˌlɛpsɪ
necropsy
ˈnɛkrɒpsɪ
popsy
ˈpɒpsɪ
tipsy
ˈtɪpsɪ
upsee
ˈʌpsɪ
whoopsie
ˈwʊpsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROPSY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROPSY

antiepilepsy
busy
classy
controversy
courtesy
daisy
dimpsy
easy
embassy
fantasy
glossy
limpsy
Malagasy
messy
noisy
nympholepsy
pussy
Roma gypsy
slimpsy
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Synonyms and antonyms of dropsy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dropsy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROPSY

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

Translator English - Chinese

水肿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hidropesía
570 millions of speakers

English

dropsy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलोदर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستسقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

водянка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hidropisia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শোথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydropisie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dropsy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wassersucht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浮腫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dropsy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chứng thủng nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलोदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ödem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

idropisia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obrzęk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

водянка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hidropizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδρωπικία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

watersug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattusot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dropsy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dropsy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSY»

The term «dropsy» is regularly used and occupies the 100.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of dropsy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dropsy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dropsy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROPSY»

Discover the use of dropsy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dropsy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dropsy, Dialysis, Transplant: A Short History of Failing Kidneys
Swollen. with. Dropsy. Q. This small book will tell the history of kidney disease, or at least some of its forms. But the prehistory of kidney disease was dropsy. John Wesley, founder of Methodism and medical author, told the countless readers of ...
Steven J. Peitzman, 2007
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On Ovarian Dropsy; Its Nature, Diagnosis, & Treatment
I. Baker Brown. remarkably defined, the space between the eyelids and bony margin of the orbits being sunken and hollow; indeed, the whole areolar adipose tissue of the face is atrophied; the complexion is pale, but without that peculiar ...
I. Baker Brown, 1868
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Canine pathology, or A full description of the diseases of dogs
In either case, the former treatment also, directed as proper for these states, must be resorted to; but principally the tonic and strengthening plan, which should be continued a considerable length of time after all symptoms have ceased. Dropsy.
Delabere Pritchett Blaine, 1817
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Canine Pathology: Or A Full Description of the Diseases of ...
In either case, the former treatment also, directed as proper for these states, must be resorted to ; but principally the touic and strengthening plan, which should be continued a considerable length of time after all symptoms have ceased. Dropsy  ...
Delabere Pritchett Blaine, 1817
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On Dropsy Connected with Disease of the Kidneys (morbus ...
This patient left the hospital at the end of June, free from every trace of dropsy; the urine, however, was slightly albuminous, and the sediment consisted of hyaline casts, with very few isolated nuclei. There were a few compound granulecells, ...
William Richard Basham, 1862
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Prophylaxis for the million: or the prevention of disease ...
FELLOW BEING,-—Y011 want to know if Dropsy can be cured or prevented. I reply that Dropsy from inflammation and other temporary causes, unconnected with much organic disease, commonly is under the control of proper means; and the ...
Horatio GOODDAY, 1858
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The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
When success attends the administration of diuretics in dropsy, one advantage resulting from their employment over drastic purgatives and some other remedies is, the little debility which they occasion. If diuretics, however, be given alone, ...
John Forbes, 1833
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Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure ...
OF THE DROPSY. '"P H E dropsy is a preternatural swelling of the whole body, or some part of it, occasioned by a collection of watery humour. It is distinguished by different names, according to the part affected, as the anasarca, ora collection ...
William Buchan, 1790
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A system of practical medicine, comprised in a series of ...
96 DROPSY. General Doctrines of Dropsy. Conditions of the system under which dropsical effusions arise. — General pathology of dropsy. — Chemical composition of dropsical fluids. — Remarks on some of the phenomena of the effusion.
System, 1840
10
Rhetorics of Bodily Disease and Health in Medieval and Early ...
37 Nonetheless, the conventional usurer "as a rule," writes Edgar Rosenberg, " suffers from dropsy or the gout, dropsy symbolizing the miser's insatiable thirst for gold."38 Dropsical avarice appears in Rome's Augustans. Horace's Odes, II. ii, ...
Jennifer C. Vaught, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROPSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dropsy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hamptons Police Blotter: Doc Called to Wainscott Workhouse
The esteemed medical personage Dr. H.R. Frillweed of Dropsy Lane, Wainscott, reports that he was on Thursday night awoken from his sleep ... «Dan's Papers, Jul 15»
2
Is coffee good for you?
A pamphlet produced in London in 1652 to promote the city's first coffee shop declared the beverage to be a cure for coughs, dropsy, gout, ... «Good Food, Jul 15»
3
200kg heavier in only 3 months
Oedema (moisture retention; dropsy) may therefore indicate heart or kidney failure. Serious heart or liver disease and cancer can cause ascites ... «Health24, Jul 15»
4
The mystery of Kawasaki disease
William Shrosbree, aet. 7, died in Mark on October 20, 1870, in consequence of scarlatinal dropsy with inter-current pneumonia and meningitis. «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
5
Blowing in the wind? The mystery of Kawasaki disease
William Shrosbree, aet. 7, died in Mark on October 20, 1870, in consequence of scarlatinal dropsy with inter-current pneumonia and meningitis. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
6
Poisonous food
Adulterated food can lead to dropsy, infertility, lathryrism, glaucoma, brain, liver and kidney damage, cancer, skin diseases, cardiac ailment and ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
7
Daily Telegraph June 30 1915
... over what will be lost with its planned redevelopment – page 11. - Famous Australian cricketer Victor Trumper dies from dropsy – page 13 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
8
Early days in McCook -- the doctors
... "...he was an educated, cultured, patriotic, Christian gentleman...died of complications from his diseases -- asthma, dropsy, and heart trouble.". «McCook Daily Gazette, Jun 15»
9
Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Week 5: Sunday
They pull off the lift with no dropsy but only by walking through it. Literally. She practically climbed up him, in slow mo. No, no. Hayley thought it ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
10
The Man Who Purchased Kashmir
Inflicted by dropsy, he is reported to have distributed one lakh rupees as antya dhan (last gifts of charity) before he died on June 30, 1857 at the ... «Kashmir Life, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dropsy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dropsy>. Apr 2024 ».
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