hydropic
/haɪˈdɹɒpɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
adj
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
adj
Having a yolk deficiency.
Example Sentences
- "hydropic diathesis"
- "Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst."
- "‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’"
- "The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […]."
- "Ultrastructure of hydropic swelling of a liver cell."
Etymology
From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ydropik, ydropique, hydropicus, ὑδρωπικός
Usage
Inflected Forms
more hydropic (comparative)
most hydropic (superlative)
hydroptic (alternative)
hydroptique (alternative)