dropsy
noun
drop·sy ˈdräp-sē 
: edema
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This offer is valid only for townsfolk with proof of dropsy, mumps, polio, lumbago, colitis, bursitis, bites of the wolf most vile, and other afflictions covered under the purview of Clifton’s marvellous medical menagerie. 
Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 19 May 2020 Jackson, who survived diseases like smallpox, malaria, dysentery, rheumatism and dropsy and endured physical disability most of his adult life after being shot in the chest during a duel, was just shy of Mr. Trump in stature, standing 6-foot-1. Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2017
Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 19 May 2020 Jackson, who survived diseases like smallpox, malaria, dysentery, rheumatism and dropsy and endured physical disability most of his adult life after being shot in the chest during a duel, was just shy of Mr. Trump in stature, standing 6-foot-1. Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water — more at water
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
dropsy
noun
drop·sy ˈdräp-sē
plural dropsies
: edema