Drŏp'sy, n.

n. [Abbreviated from hydropsy, Fr. hydropisie, N. Lat. hydropisia, Lat. hydropisis, from Gr. ὕδρωψ, dropsy, from ὕδωρ, water, and ὤψ, face, from root ὀπ, whence ὄψομαι, fut. of ὁράω, to see.]

1. (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any cavity of the body, or in the areolar texture. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) A disease of plants, occasioned by an excess of water. Wright.