HYDROP'IC HYDROP'ICAL, adjective [Latin hydrops; Gr. dropsy; water.] 1. Dropsical; diseased with extravasated water. 2. Containing water; caused by extravasated water; as a hydropic swelling. 3. Resembling dropsy. Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.
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