dropsical

English

Etymology

From dropsy +‎ -ical.

Adjective

dropsical (comparative more dropsical, superlative most dropsical)

1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
   • 1980, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:

     Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.

Derived terms

• antidropsical
• dropsically
• nondropsical
• undropsical

Translations

relating to water collecting in body cavities and tissues

Catalan: hidròpic French: hydropique (fr) Greek: Ancient Greek: ὑδροπικός (hudropikós) Italian: idropico Maori: kōpūrua Old English: wætersēoc Spanish: hidrópico (es)