† dropsicadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= dropsical adj.
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water-sickOE
dropicc1425
hydropic1483
hydropical?1550
oedematous1583
hydroptic1608
hydroptical1640
hydropsic1649
dropsic1651
leucophlegmatical1658
oedematic1666
leucophlegmatic1668
anasarcous1676
dropsical1678
oedematose1710
dropsied1793
plerocephalic1927
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours ii. vi. 96 I have seene dropsick persons whom the people have thought to be in a consumption.
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