Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or affected by anasarca or dropsy; dropsical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
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- adjective Belonging to, or affected by,
anasarca , ordropsy ;dropsical .
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- adjective characterized by or affected by dropsy
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both had extensive anasarcous and other effusions, and both had coagulable urine.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Archibald Makellar
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Lane, Bermondsey; was a very corpulent man, and his legs were remarkably thick, probably from an anasarcous complaint.
English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871
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Root and seeds stimulant, carminative, and eminently diuretic; employed with great success in strangury, anasarcous swellings of lower extremities, in suppression of urine, and painful micturition.
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Horsefield, in his Diss., states that he administered the infusion in consumptive and anasarcous patients.
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Phthisis pulmonalis and anasarcous legs and thighs.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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The last month or two her breath worse than usual, her belly swollen, her thighs anasarcous, and her urine in small quantity.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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Mr. D----, Æt. 42, a very sensible and judicious surgeon at B----, in Staffordshire, laboured under ascites and very large anasarcous legs, together with indubitable symptoms of diseased viscera.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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An ovarium dropsy, and anasarcous legs and thighs.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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It presently reduced the anasarcous swellings, but made no alteration in the distension of the abdomen.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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Ascites and very thick anasarcous legs and thighs, total loss of strength and appetite.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
hernesheir commented on the word anasarcous
dropsical - suffering from dropsy.
November 28, 2010