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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.