Dropsy synonyms

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edema
(Botany) A condition of plants characterized by blisterlike swellings on the leaves or other parts, caused by an accumulation of water.
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oedema
(UK) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water
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hydrops
Accumulation of fluid within an organ or tissue
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pleurisy (related)
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diverticulitis (related)
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gout (related)
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gastritis (related)
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uraemia (related)
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catarrh (related)
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erysipelas (related)
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scrofula (related)
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phthisis (related)
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intermittent fever (related)
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lumbago (related)
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  • He died of dropsy on the 14th of June 1746, at Edinburgh.

  • He shows no inconsiderable knowledge of anatomy in his remarkable description of inflammation and abscess of the mediastinum in his own person, and its diagnosis from common pleuritis as well as from abscess and dropsy of the pericardium.

  • The Chinese immigrants suffer chiefly from fever of a malarial type, from beri-beri, a species of tropical dropsy, and from dysentery.

  • The drug was little used till 1763, when Baron Storck of Vienna introduced it for the treatment of dropsy.

  • A characteristic feature of cancer is the carrying of the epithelial cells (which are the essential element of the growth) to the nearest lymphatic glands, and in cancer of the stomach the secondary implication of the glands may cause the formation of large masses between the stomach and the liver, which may press upon the large veins and give rise to dropsy.

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