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Definition of dropsical in English: dropsicaladjective ˈdrɒpsɪk(ə)lˈdrɑpsək(ə)l Affected with or characteristic of dropsy; oedematous. 患水肿的；水肿的 enormous dropsical ankles figurative if Rubens's women are ample, these are dropsical Example sentencesExamples - This results in generalized oedema - or ‘dropsical effusion’ as it was called in the 1820s by Richard Bright, in his classic description of chronic nephritis (Bright's disease).
- She is enfeebled, dropsical, perpetually damp from cooking and cleaning, toothless, and refuses to wear false teeth (Janet remarks that Mother can never find comfortable teeth).
- His big and dropsical head, disproportionate to his emaciated body, leans against his mother's shoulder, his eyes blinking weakly.
Synonyms expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent
OriginLate 17th century: from dropsy1, replacing earlier hydropic(al), via Latin from Greek hudrōps 'dropsy'. Definition of dropsical in US English: dropsicaladjectiveˈdrɑpsək(ə)lˈdräpsək(ə)l Affected with or characteristic of dropsy; edematous. 患水肿的；水肿的 enormous dropsical ankles figurative if Rubens's women are ample, these are dropsical Example sentencesExamples - This results in generalized oedema - or ‘dropsical effusion’ as it was called in the 1820s by Richard Bright, in his classic description of chronic nephritis (Bright's disease).
- His big and dropsical head, disproportionate to his emaciated body, leans against his mother's shoulder, his eyes blinking weakly.
- She is enfeebled, dropsical, perpetually damp from cooking and cleaning, toothless, and refuses to wear false teeth (Janet remarks that Mother can never find comfortable teeth).
Synonyms expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent
OriginLate 17th century: from dropsy, replacing earlier hydropic(al), via Latin from Greek hudrōps ‘dropsy’. |