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dropsical
adjective
[ ˈdrɒpsɪk(ə)l ]
• affected with or characteristic of dropsy; oedematous.
• "enormous dropsical ankles"
Origin:
late 17th century: from dropsy1, replacing earlier hydropic(al ), via Latin from Greek hudrōps ‘dropsy’.