a. (Med.) Good against dropsy. -- n. A remedy for dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hydropicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy. ] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hydropical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]