Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid: Describes a state of abnormal swelling in the body or a part of the body due to an accumulation of fluid, often as a symptom of an underlying medical condition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient's legs were dropsical, a sign of advanced heart failure.
  • After the illness, her face appeared pale and dropsical.

Advanced Usage

• Medical/Descriptive Context: The term is primarily used in medical or formal descriptive contexts to specify the type of swelling. It is more clinical than the general term "swollen."
  • The physician noted the dropsical condition of the abdomen, indicative of liver disease.

Variants and Related Words

• Dropsy (n): An old-fashioned term for edema; the condition of being dropsical.
  • He was diagnosed with dropsy.

Synonyms

• Edematous: Pertaining to or affected by edema (the medical term for fluid accumulation causing swelling).
• Swollen: Enlarged or puffed up, typically by fluid (a more general term).
• Bloated: Swollen with fluid or gas.

Antonyms

• Dehydrated: Suffering from a lack of water.
• Shrunken: Having become smaller or withered.

Adjective

1. swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid