Category:Dropsy

Drop"sy, n.; pl. Dropsies. Etym: [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.)

Defn: An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

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