hydrops

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.

Noun

hydrops (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps, “dropsy”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hydrōps m (genitive hydrōpis); third declension

  1. dropsy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hydrōps hydrōpēs
genitive hydrōpis hydrōpum
dative hydrōpī hydrōpibus
accusative hydrōpem hydrōpēs
ablative hydrōpe hydrōpibus
vocative hydrōps hydrōpēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Late Latin: hydropisia
  • → English: hydrops

References

  • “hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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