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hydrops

hydrops noun: the abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

Noun

hydrops (uncountable)

  1. The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.

hydrops meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

hydrops in Tamil

நீர்க்கோர்வை

hydrops in Malayalam

accumulation of serous fluid
നീര് nīrŭ

Origin of hydrops

From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.

Words formed from hydrops

Questions about hydrops

What does hydrops mean?
Hydrops means the abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity.
What is hydrops in Tamil?
Hydrops in Tamil is நீர்க்கோர்வை. See Hydrops meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrops?
Hydrops is a noun.

Words near hydrops in the dictionary

  1. hydroprocessed
  2. hydroprocesses
  3. hydroprocessing
  4. hydroprocessor
  5. hydroprocessors
  6. hydrops
  7. hydrops fetalis
  8. hydropsia
  9. hydropsies
  10. hydropsy
  11. hydropsychid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrops (page history and authors); hydrops (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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