英语词汇“dropsical”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dropsical

/ˈdrɒpsɪk(ə)l

adjective

Affected with or characteristic of dropsy; oedematous: enormous dropsical ankles figurative if Rubens’s women are ample, these are dropsical...

This results in generalized oedema - or ‘dropsical effusion’ as it was called in the 1820s by Richard Bright, in his classic description of chronic nephritis (Bright's disease).
She is enfeebled, dropsical, perpetually damp from cooking and cleaning, toothless, and refuses to wear false teeth (Janet remarks that Mother can never find comfortable teeth).
His big and dropsical head, disproportionate to his emaciated body, leans against his mother's shoulder, his eyes blinking weakly.

Late 17th century: from dropsy¹, replacing earlier hydropic(al), via Latin from Greek hudrōps 'dropsy'.

单词	dropsical
释义	dropsical /ˈdrɒpsɪk(ə)l / adjective Affected with or characteristic of dropsy; oedematous: enormous dropsical ankles figurative if Rubens’s women are ample, these are dropsical... This results in generalized oedema - or ‘dropsical effusion’ as it was called in the 1820s by Richard Bright, in his classic description of chronic nephritis (Bright's disease). She is enfeebled, dropsical, perpetually damp from cooking and cleaning, toothless, and refuses to wear false teeth (Janet remarks that Mother can never find comfortable teeth). His big and dropsical head, disproportionate to his emaciated body, leans against his mother's shoulder, his eyes blinking weakly. Origin Late 17th century: from dropsy¹, replacing earlier hydropic(al), via Latin from Greek hudrōps 'dropsy'.
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