| dropsy | Origin: OE. Dropsie, dropesie, OF. Idropisie, F. Hydropisie, L. Hydropisis, fr. Gr. Dropsy, fr. Water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy. <medicine> An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dropsy of pericardium | <cardiology> A collection of fluid or blood in the pericardial space (inside the pericardial sac) around the heart. Some causes include congestive heart failure, cancer and autoimmune disease. (27 Sep 1997) |
| abdominal dropsy | <clinical sign, gastroenterology> An effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity. Synonym: abdominal dropsy, peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitonia, hydrops abdominis. Origin: L, Gr. Askites from askos = bag (18 Nov 1997) |
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| cardiac dropsy | Oedema due to heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritional dropsy | Oedema due to hypoproteinaemia secondary to malnutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic dropsy | A disease causing occasional epidemics in India and Mauritius; marked by oedema, anaemia, eruptive angiomatosis, and mild fever; may be associated with nutritional deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| famine dropsy | Oedema occurring with the hypoproteinaemia of low protein intake occurring as starvation of a large population group. (05 Mar 2000) |
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edema: swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue
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excess fluid in tissues; edema
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Generalized edema (swelling).
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congestive heart failure
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edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease. Dropsy would be called congestive heart failure today. It is an accumulation of fluid around the heart, for a variety of complex reasons, and one treatment is administration of digitalis (foxglove leaves).
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