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dropsy

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dropsy: see edema edema (ĭdē`mə), abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body tissues or in the body cavities causing swelling or distention of
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Pullet, sighing and shaking her head; "and there isn't another such a dropsy in the parish.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
It ill becomes me to prate too much of what I have endured for the faith, and yet, since you have observed it, I must tell you that this thickness and roundness of the waist is caused by a dropsy brought on by over-haste in journeying from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
One day, taking a pair of shoes to be mended, he saw the cobbler's wife seated by the fire, suffering from the terrible symptoms of heart-disease and dropsy, which he had witnessed as the precursors of his mother's death.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
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