| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | drop·sy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dr p s |
| NOUN: | Edema. No longer in scientific use. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English dropesie, short for idropesie, from Old French ydropisie, from Medieval Latin ydr pisia, from Latin hydrpisis, from Greek hudrpi sis, from hudrps, dropsy, a dropsical person : hudro-, water; see hydro– + ps, face; see okw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dropsi·cal (-s -k l) —ADJECTIVE
dropsi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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