Hydrops
Hydrops may refer to:
Medicine
- Hydrops (/ˈhaɪdrɒps/ 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)
- Edema (hydropsy, dropsy)
- 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
- Most generally
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