dropsy

n. 水肿(病), 浮肿(病) [医] 积水, 水肿

发音

UK /ˈdrɒp.si/
其它
US /ˈdɹɑp.si/

词形变化

dropsies 复数 dropsies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Edema, swelling.

    古体 不可数

    The disease under which Addison laboured appears to have been asthma. It became more violent after his retirement from office, and was now accompanied by dropsy.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

edema hydrops oedema

上位词 3

lump swelling puffiness

下位词 8

anasarca angioedema cerebral edema chemosis lymphedema papilledema Quincke's edema scleredema

相关短语

wind dropsy [医] 气臌, 臌胀

词源

From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.

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