What does the word dropsy mean?
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Hydrops; an excessive accumulation of clear watery fluid in any of the tissues or cavities of the body; variously called, according to its character and location, edema, anasarca, ascites, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, etc.
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Extravasation of serous fluid into cavities or areolar tissue.
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Hydrops -d. of the Belly, Ascites -d. of the Brain, Hydrocephalus.
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[ French] A collection of serum in a cavity of the body, particularly in the cavity of the abdomen( Abdominal d., or ascites). D. is designated according to the organ, disease of which produces it( Cardiac d., Hepatic d., Renal d.); or according to the part affected, as D. of the amnion( hydramnion), D. of the brain or head( hydrocephalus). D. of the chest( hydrothorax), D. of the cellular tissue( anasarca), D. of the kidney( hydronephrosis), D. of the uterus( hydrometra). Epidemic d., Acute anemic d., an epidemic disease of India and the Mauritius, occurring among the natives only, and marked by general anasarca, slight fever, and great anemia. Lasts from 3 to 12 weeks. May be fatal from oedema of lungs, hydrothorax, or heart failure.
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