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Showing words for DROPSY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Dropsy

dropsy

5 Letter Words for Dropsy

dorps, drops, prods, prosy, pyros, sprod

4 Letter Words for Dropsy

dops, dorp, dors, dory, drop, drys, opsy, ords, pods, pory, posy, prod, pros, prys, pyro, rods, ropy, rosy, sody, sord, sory, spod, spor, spry, yods

3 Letter Words for Dropsy

dop, dor, dos, dry, dso, dsp, dsr, dys, ods, ops, ord, ors, ory, oys, pod, por, pos, poy, pro, prs, pry, pyr, rod, ros, rps, sod, sop, soy, spy, syr, yds, yod, yor, yos, yrs

Definitions for Dropsy

[1] (formerly) edema.
[2] an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.
[3] pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
[4] slang a tip or bribe

Words nearby Dropsy

droppings, drops, dropsical, dropsley, dropsonde, dropsy, dropt, dropwort, drosera, droshky, drosky

Origin of Dropsy

1250–1300; Middle English drop(e)sie, aphetic variant of ydropesie < Old French < Medieval Latin (h)ydrōpisīa, equivalent to Latin hydrōpis(is ) (< Greek hydrōpi-, stem of hýdrōps dropsy (hydr- hydr-1 + -ōpsi- < ?) + -sis -sis) + -ia -y3

Other words from Dropsy

drop·sied [drop -seed] /ˈdrɒp sid/ , adjective

Word origin for Dropsy

C13: shortened from ydropesie, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōps, from hudōr water