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dropsy
[ drop-see ]
noun
- (formerly) edema.
- an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.
dropsy
/ 藞dr蓲ps瑟; 藞dr蓲ps瑟k蓹l /
noun
- pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
- slang.a tip or bribe
Derived Forms
- dropsical, adjective
- 藞诲谤辞辫蝉颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲谤辞辫路蝉颈别诲 [drop, -seed], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dropsy1
Example Sentences
These mats come with plenty of textures and styles, but they also will likely be the most expensive. 3D floor mats are perfect for parents and anyone who gets the dropsies while driving.
He read his grandmother鈥檚 life story, which said her father died in 1900 from 鈥渄ropsy,鈥 an old-fashioned term for swelling from excess fluid.
Those numbers against Seattle wouldn鈥檛 have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.
Those numbers against Seattle wouldn鈥檛 have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.
Don鈥檛 come straggling into the office one morning muttering, 鈥淔irst, gout. Now ague, biliousness, lumbago, Saint Vitus鈥檚 dance and dropsy. What鈥檚 next, apoplexy?鈥
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