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<p> '''''drop´si''''' ( ὑδρωπικός , <i> '''''hudrōpikós''''' </i> , "a man afflicted with <i> '''''húdrōps''''' </i> or dropsy"): Both forms of this disease occur in Palestine, that in which the limbs and body are distended with water called <i> '''''anasarca''''' </i> , depending generally on cardiac or renal disease, and the form confined to the abdomen, usually the result of liver infection. The latter is the commoner, as liver disease is a frequent result of recurrent attacks of malarial fever. The man was evidently able to move about, as he had entered into the Pharisee's house ( Luke 14:2 ). </p> | <p> '''''drop´si''''' ( ὑδρωπικός , <i> '''''hudrōpikós''''' </i> , "a man afflicted with <i> '''''húdrōps''''' </i> or dropsy"): Both forms of this disease occur in Palestine, that in which the limbs and body are distended with water called <i> '''''anasarca''''' </i> , depending generally on cardiac or renal disease, and the form confined to the abdomen, usually the result of liver infection. The latter is the commoner, as liver disease is a frequent result of recurrent attacks of malarial fever. The man was evidently able to move about, as he had entered into the Pharisee's house ( Luke 14:2 ). </p> | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 6 October 2021
drop´si ( ὑδρωπικός , hudrōpikós , "a man afflicted with húdrōps or dropsy"): Both forms of this disease occur in Palestine, that in which the limbs and body are distended with water called anasarca , depending generally on cardiac or renal disease, and the form confined to the abdomen, usually the result of liver infection. The latter is the commoner, as liver disease is a frequent result of recurrent attacks of malarial fever. The man was evidently able to move about, as he had entered into the Pharisee's house ( Luke 14:2 ).
