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Pertaining to or affected by dropsy watery (drop'se). fluid in the An accumulation serous cavities or of the a areolar ti ue of the body, abdominal d. See ascites, acute anemic d. See beriberi, acute renal d. D. due to acute nephritis, arachnoid d. An accumulation of serous fluid in the sac of the arachnoid, articular d. See arthredema and hydrarthrosis, cardiac d. D. caused by failure of compensation in disease of the heart, cerebral d. See hydrocephalus, chronic d. The form of d. which lasts for months or years and, if general, usually ends fatally, d. of a joint. See arthredema and hydrarthrosis. d. of the anterior chamber. See keratectasia. d. of the brain. See hydrocephalus, d.of the chest. See hydrothorax. d. of the lungs. See pulmonary edema, under edema, d. of the optic sheath. An accumulation of serous fluid between the outer and inner sheath of the optic nerve, usually between the eyeball and the optic foramen, though it may occur between the optic foramen and the chiasm, d. of the ventricles. See internal hydrocephalus, d. of the vitreous. See hydr -ophthalmia. encysted d. D. circumscribed by a structure of new formation, mechanical d. D. due to mechanical obstruction of the venous or lymphatic circulation. omental d. An encysted ascites limited in extent to the omentum, renal d. D. due to kidney disease. [A contraction of hydropsy, from the Lat, hydrops, from the Gr., ydor, water.] Drosera (dros'e-rah). The sundew; of the pharmacists, D. rotund i folia. It yields droserin, a digestive ferment. [Gr., droseros, covered with dew.] drug. Any medicinal substance; as formerly employed, a crude product serving for the preparation of a medicament. drug'gist. One who deals in drugs. See apothecary. drum. i. The tympanic cavity of the ear. 2. Any closed hollow structure having one ■ or more tense membranous walls. [Mid. Eng., drum me.1 dru'min. An alkaloid obtained from the milky juice of Euphorbia Drummondii; a local anodyne and anesthetic. drumstick bacillus. See B. tetani, in table of bacilli, under bacillus. drunk'ard. One who persistently uses alcohol (or other narcotics) to. exce , d.'s liver. Cirrhosed liver, d.'stremens. pneumonia. Pneumonia with delirium drunk'enne . i. The state of being drunk. 2. A disposition to get drunk habitually.