Hydrops

Hydrops may refer to:

Medicine

  • Hydrops (/ˈhdrɒps/ HI-drops), the excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissues or cavities of the body, corresponding to any of various conditions, depending on characteristics and anatomic site, including:
    • Most generally
      • Edema (hydropsy, dropsy)
        • Anasarca, a severe and widespread form of edema
      • Ascites, fluid buildup in the abdomen
      • Effusion (medical senses)—see Effusion (disambiguation)
    • More specifically
      • Endolymphatic hydrops, edema in the inner ear, present in Ménière's disease
      • Cochlear hydrops, a variant of Meniere's disease/Endolymphatic Hydrops without vertigo.
      • Hydrops fetalis, edema in a fetus
      • Corneal hydrops, humoral edema of the eye

Zoology

  • Hydrops (snake), a dipsadid snake genus
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