Dropsy
Dropsy , noun
[Old English dropsie, dropesie, Old French idropisie, French hydropisie, Latin hydropisis, from Greek {not transcribed} dropsy, from {not transcribed} water. See Water, and compare Hydropsy.]
(Medicine) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. — Dunglison