水肿症;旧时医学术语,指身体组织因液体积聚而异常肿胀的病症。现代医学中已被 edema 一词取代。
The old doctor diagnosed the patient with dropsy.
那位老医生诊断病人患有水肿症。
In centuries past, dropsy was a feared condition often associated with heart or kidney failure, and physicians had few effective treatments to offer.
在过去的几个世纪里,水肿症是一种令人恐惧的疾病,常与心脏或肾脏衰竭有关,医生们几乎没有什么有效的治疗方法。
Dropsy 源自古法语 ydropesie,再追溯至拉丁语 hydropisis,最终来自希腊语 hydrōps,由 hydōr(水)演变而来。字面意思就是"水的状态",形象地描述了体内液体异常积聚的症状。这个词在中世纪英语中广泛使用,直到现代医学用更精确的术语 edema 将其取代。