dropsical

English

Etymology

From dropsy +‎ -ical.

Adjective

dropsical (comparative more dropsical, superlative most dropsical)

  1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
    • 1980, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:
      Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.

Derived terms

Translations

relating to water collecting in body cavities and tissues
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