Dropsy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dropsy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Dropsy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dropsy n swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities Synonym(s): edema, oedema, hydrops, dropsy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. [?] dropsy, fr. [?] water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. --Dunglison.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath.