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noun
- (formerly) edema.
- an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.
noun
- pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
- slang a tip or bribe
late 13c., a shortening of Middle English ydropsy, from Old French idropsie, from Latin hydropsis, from Greek hydrops (genitive hydropos) “dropsy,” from hydor “water” (see water (n.1)).
n.
- Edema. No longer in technical use.