
Noah Webster
Hydropic
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.