Dropsy

dropsy
    n 1: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in
         cells, tissues, or serous cavities [syn: {edema}, {oedema},
         {hydrops}, {dropsy}]
    

Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie,
   OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. ?
   dropsy, fr. ? water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.)
   An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity
   of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
   --Dunglison.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Dropsy
mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured
by Christ on the Sabbath.
    

105 Moby Thesaurus words for "dropsy":
      abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
      asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat,
      bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, cachexia, cachexy, chill,
      chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis,
      diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness,
      dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting,
      fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flux,
      gassiness, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops,
      hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation,
      inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice,
      labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus,
      meteorism, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis,
      pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, rash, rheum, sclerosis,
      seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stretching,
      swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia,
      tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence,
      turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, upset stomach, vertigo,
      vomiting, wasting, windiness