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Dropsy is slang for a tip or bribe.
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A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
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Same as Dropsy.
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Good against dropsy.
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A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.
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An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
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Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
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Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
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A remedy for dropsy.
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An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.
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To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
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An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
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Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
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Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
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Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.
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Of or pertaining to dropsy.
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of Dropsy
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A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
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Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
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A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.
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Relating to, or connected with, hydrocephalus, or dropsy of the brain.
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