hydrops (redirected from fetal hydrops, hydrops fetalis)

hydrops /hy·drops/ (hi´drops) [L.] edema.

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fetal hydrops , hydrops feta´lis gross edema of the entire body, with severe anemia, occurring in hemolytic disease of the newborn.

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hy·drops (hdrps)

n.

The excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissues or cavities of the body.

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hydrops

[hī′drops]

Etymology: Gk, dropsy

an abnormal accumulation of clear watery or serous fluid in a body tissue or cavity, such as a joint, a graafian follicle, a fallopian tube, the abdomen, the middle ear, or the gallbladder. Hydrops in the entire body may occur in infants born with thalassemia or severe Rh sensitization. Formerly called dropsy.

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hydrops

[L.] abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity; called also dropsy. See also hydramnios (hydrops amnii), hydrallantois (hydrops allantois).

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fetal hydrops, hydrops fetalis

gross edema of the entire body of the newborn, in hemolytic disease of the newborn.

hydrops uteri

see hydramnios, hydrallantois.

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Patient discussion about fetal hydrops, hydrops fetalis.

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