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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dropsy \Drop"sy\, noun; 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
noun: swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue [syn: {edema}, {oedema}, {hydrops}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "dropsy": abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flux, gassiness, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, inflation, insomnia, intumescence, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, meteorism, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, puff, puffiness, puffing, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stretching, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tabes, tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, windiness
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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