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Noun: dropsy  dróp-see
  1. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
    - edema [N. Amer], oedema [Brit, Cdn], hydrops

Derived forms: dropsies

See also: dropsical

Type of: lump, puffiness, swelling

Encyclopedia: Dropsy

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drop-off charge
dropout
dropped egg
dropper
dropping
dropping zone
droppings
dropseed
drop-seed
dropsical
dropsy
Drosera
Droseraceae
droshky
drosky
drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophilidae
Drosophyllum
Drosophyllum lusitanicum
dross