Dropsy

Definition: Dropsy

Dropsy

Noun

1. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.

Date "dropsy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Dropsy \Drop"sy\, noun; plural Dropsies. [from Old English expression dropsie, dropesie, Old French idropisie, French hydropisie, from Latin expression hydropisis, from the Greek expression dropsy, from water. See Water, and compare to Hydropsy.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Botanical	A general accumulation of fluid in the body. Treated with Annona, Cecropea, Cissus, Luffa, Moringa, Pistia, Solanum, Spondias. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time, but from which you will recover with renewed vigor. To see others thus afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have tidings of their good health. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonyms: Dropsy

Synonyms: edema (n), hydrops (n), oedema (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Expansion	Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dropsy

English words defined with "dropsy": anasarcous, Antihydropic ♦ Dropsies ♦ Hydragogue, Hydropical, Hydropsy ♦ Mucocele ♦ Trocar. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dropsy": Moll Cutpurse ♦ Pepenance. (references)

Etymologies containing "dropsy": Dropsical. (references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Stomach pump for ob.-cow with dropsy. Fremont County, St. Anthony, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress.
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"Dropsy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dropsy" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Expression using "dropsy": wind dropsy. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "dropsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		hidropizi. (various references)

Arabic		‏الاستقساء (edema), ‏داء الاستسقاء. (various references)

Chinese		水肿. (various references)

Czech		vodnatelnost. (various references)

Danish		universelt cardialt oedem (cardiac dropsy), staseoedem (congestive dropsy), hydrops universalis congenitus (congenital general dropsy, hydrops universus congenitalis), hydrops (congestive dropsy, hydrops), Bissa (Bissa, Egyptian dropsy), anasarka (anasarca, cardiac dropsy, cardiac hydrops), ægyptisk vattersot (Bissa, Egyptian dropsy). (various references)

Dutch		waterzucht (anasarca, hydrops). (various references)

Esperanto		hidropso. (various references)

Farsi		ورم (Botch, Bulge, Bunny, Tumor, Welt), خیز (Bound, Edema, Gradient, Leap, Lunge, Rise), استسقاء . (various references)

French		hydropisie. (various references)

German		wassersucht. (various references)

Greek		υδρωπικία ιατρική. (various references)

Hungarian		vízkór (oedema), vízkórosság. (various references)

Indonesian		basal. (various references)

Italian		idropisia (hydropsy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		水腫 (edema), 水気 (dampness, edema, moisture, vapor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すいしゅ (edema), すいき (dampness, edema, moisture, vapor). (various references)

Manx		gorley brooinney. (various references)

Pig Latin		opsydray

Portuguese		hidropsia (hydropsy). (various references)

Romanian		dropicã (hydropsy), hidropizie (hydropsy). (various references)

Russian		водянка (hydropsy). (various references)

Scottish		glupad (dropsy in throat of cattle and sheep). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vodena bolest, hidropsija. (various references)

Spanish		hidropesía (hydropsy). (various references)

Swedish		vattusot. (various references)

Turkish		su toplanması (Edema, oedema), ödem (oedema). (various references)

Ukrainian		водянка (hydropsy). (various references)

Welsh		dyfrglwyf. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 14, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai idou anqrwpoV tiV hn udrwpikoV emprosqen autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ecce homo quidam hydropicus erat ante illum
Old English	990	West Saxon	ða wæs þar sum wæterseoc man beforan him;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And lo! a man sijk in the dropesie was bifor hym.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And beholde ther was a man before him which had the dropsye.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And a certain man was there who had a disease.
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Language	Luke Chapter 14, Verse 2
Cebuano	Ug tan-awa, miatubang kaniya ang usa ka tawong nanghupong.
Chinese	在他面前有一個患水臌的人。
Croatian	Kad evo: pred njim neki èovjek koji je imao vodenu bolest.
Danish	Og se, der stod en vattersottig Mand foran ham.
Dutch	En ziet, er was een zeker waterzuchtig mens voor Hem.
Finnish	Ja katso, siellä oli vesitautinen mies hänen edessään.
French	Et voici, un homme hydropique était devant lui.
German	Und siehe, da war ein Mensch vor ihm, der war wassersüchtig.
Haitian Creole	Yon nonm ki te gen maladi anfle te la devan Jezi.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka datanglah kepada Yesus seorang yang sakit busung yang kaki dan tangannya bengkak-bengkak.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka adalah di hadapan-Nya seorang yang sakit basal air.
Italian	Davanti a lui stava un idropico.
Manx Gaelic	As cur-my-ner, va dooinney kionfenish, va'n dropsee er.
Maori	Na, ko tetahi tangata i tona aroaro, he kopu tetere tona mate.
Norwegian	se, da var der en vattersottig mann like for ham.
Rumanian	Wi knaintea Lui era un om bolnav de dropicq.
Shuar	Nui aishman eaak-jaa Jesus pujamunam naka pujumiayi.
Swahili	Mbele yake Yesu palikuwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa na ugonjwa wa kuvimba mwili.
Swedish	att en vattusiktig man kom dit och stod framför honom.
Uma	Muu-mule' rata hadua tauna to mohaki' ngkumowu, mowoto witi' pai' pale-na.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "dropsy": hydropsy. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dropsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cropsey, Doopsey, dorps, dorsy, dropby, Droppy, dropsey, dropsies, dropy, drosey, drosy, drousie, drousy, Durupty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dropsy" (pronounced drÄ"psē)
3	-p s ē	autopsy, bankruptcy, biopsy, epilepsy, gypsy, narcolepsy, tipsy.
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	Words within the letters "d-o-p-r-s-y"
	-1 letter: dorps, drops, prods, prosy.
	-2 letters: dopy, dorp, dors, dory, drop, drys, pods, posy, prod, pros, rods, ropy, rosy, sord, spry, yods.
	-3 letters: dor, dos, dry, ods, ops, ors, pod, pro, pry, rod, sod, sop, soy, spy, yod.
	-4 letters: do, od, op, or, os, oy, so, yo.
	Words containing the letters "d-o-p-r-s-y"
	+1 letter: hydrops, prosody.
	+2 letters: eyedrops, hydropsy, rhapsody.
	+3 letters: copyreads, drypoints, dysphoria, dysphoric, dystrophy, hydropses, hypoderms, myriapods, myriopods, polybrids, pyodermas, pyrenoids, redeploys, swordplay, wordplays.
	+4 letters: byproducts, depositary, depository, dysphorias, dysprosium, dystrophic, eriophyids, hydropsies, hydrospace, hypodermis, proselyted, pterygoids, pyranoside, pyridoxals, swordplays.
	+5 letters: caryopsides, copyholders, copyreaders, decryptions, discography, dysprosiums, dystrophies, eyedroppers, handyperson, hydrophanes, hydrophones, hydrophytes, hydroplanes, hydroponics, hydropowers, hydrospaces, hydrosphere, hyperploids, hypodermics, playgrounds, polyandries, polyandrous, polyhedrons, polymerised, ponderously, professedly, psychodrama, pyranosides, pyrethroids, pyridoxines, pyroxenoids, stereotyped, swordplayer.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
dropsy	44
dropsy fish	8
betta dropsy	5
disease dropsy fish	4
dropsy fish gold	4
dropsy fish in	3
dropsy koi	3
disease dropsy	3
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Dropsy

Definition: Dropsy

Dropsy

Noun

Specialty Definition: Dropsy

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