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hydropic
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hydropic, a. [L. hydropicus, Gr. : cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy.].
Dropsical, or resembling dropsy. [1913 Webster]
"Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst." [1913 Webster]
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