亚洲网紅露点

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dropsy

[ drop-see ]

noun

  1. (formerly) edema.
  2. 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

  1. pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
  2. slang.
    a tip or bribe
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dropsical, adjective
  • 藞诲谤辞辫蝉颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲谤辞辫路蝉颈别诲 [drop, -seed], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dropsy1

1250鈥1300; Middle English drop ( e ) sie, aphetic variant of ydropesie < Old French < Medieval Latin ( h ) 测诲谤艒辫颈蝉墨补, equivalent to Latin 丑测诲谤艒辫颈蝉 ( is ) (< Greek 丑测诲谤艒辫颈-, stem of 丑媒诲谤艒辫蝉 dropsy ( hydr- hydr- 1 + -艒辫蝉颈- < ?) + -sis -sis ) + -ia -y 3
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dropsy1

C13: shortened from ydropesie, from Latin 丑测诲谤艒辫颈蝉is, from Greek 丑耻诲谤艒辫蝉, from 丑耻诲艒谤 water
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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.

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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.

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Those numbers against Seattle wouldn鈥檛 have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.

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Those numbers against Seattle wouldn鈥檛 have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.

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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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