Definition of "hydropic" []

• Dropsical. (adjective)
• Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy). (adjective)
• Swollen with water. (adjective)

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• "In the convulsive asthma these sweats do not occur; hence they may be distinguished; and might be called the hydropic asthma, and the epileptic asthma."
• "* "Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.""
• "Milner R, Kitano Y, Oluyinka O, Flake AW, Adzick NS: Radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA): A potential treatment for hydropic fetuses with a large chest mass."