hydrops

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.

Noun

hydrops (uncountable)

(medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

Derived terms

hydrops fetalis

Translations

accumulation of serous fluid

Bulgarian: воднянка f (vodnjanka)
Dutch: leewater (nl) n
Italian: idrope (it) m
Kazakh: шемен (şemen)
Malayalam: നീര് (ml) (nīrŭ)
Russian: отёк (ru) m (otjók)

See also

edema

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps, “dropsy”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.droːps/, [ˈhʏd̪roːps̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.drops/, [ˈiːd̪rops]

Noun

hydrōps m (genitive hydrōpis); third declension

dropsy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hydrōps	hydrōpēs
Genitive	hydrōpis	hydrōpum
Dative	hydrōpī	hydrōpibus
Accusative	hydrōpem	hydrōpēs
Ablative	hydrōpe	hydrōpibus
Vocative	hydrōps	hydrōpēs

Synonyms

ὕδερος (húderos)

Descendants

Late Latin: hydropisia
- Old French: ydropisie, idropsie
  - French: hydropisie
  - → Middle English: dropesie, idropesie
    - English: dropsy, hydropsy
- Old Spanish: ydropisia
  - Spanish: hidropesía
→ English: hydrops

References

“hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hydrops”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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