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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dropsy
       n : swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in
           tissue [syn: {edema}, {oedema}, {hydrops}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

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

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