adjective
- affected by or suffering from dropsy; swollen with fluid
Usage: medical or archaic; dropsy is now called edema in modern medical terminology
Examples
- The patient's dropsied legs made it difficult for him to walk.
- His dropsied condition worsened as his kidney disease progressed.
- The dropsied appearance of his face concerned the physician.
- She suffered from a dropsied abdomen due to liver cirrhosis.
- The dropsied tissues retained excess fluid throughout his body.