dropsical
Bloated with fluid
Dropsical describes someone or something affected by dropsy, an old term for edema—abnormal swelling from fluid accumulation in body tissues.
The word appears in older medical and literary texts: The dropsical patient could barely walk.
Figuratively, dropsical suggests bloated or swollen condition: a dropsical bureaucracy.
Swollen, expanded state
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
- tumefactionMorbid tissue distension
- engorgementOverfilling causing swelling
turgidity · waterlogged · puffy · swollen · oedema · lymphedema · angioedema · ballooning
Pathological tissue puffiness
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
- pittingForming small cavities
- effusionUnrestrained emotional discharge
- nephroticOf kidney protein loss
congestive · cardiogenic · renal · pulmonary · diuretic · thiazide · venous · insufficiency
bloating
Swollen, expanded state
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
- tumefactionMorbid tissue distension
engorgement · turgidity · waterlogged · puffy · swollen · oedema · lymphedema · angioedema · ballooning · retention
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
- pittingForming small cavities
- effusionUnrestrained emotional discharge
nephrotic · congestive · cardiogenic · renal · pulmonary · diuretic · thiazide · venous · insufficiency · capillary