Hȳ-drŏp'ic or Hȳ-drŏp'ic-al, a.
a. [Fr. hydropique, Lat. hydropicus, Gr. ὑδρωπικός. See DROPSY.]
Sense 1. Dropsical; as, an hydropic swelling.
Sense 2. Resembling dropsy.
Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson.