(1) This results in generalized oedema - or ÔÇÿ dropsical effusionÔÇÖ as it was called in the 1820s by Richard Bright, in his classic description of chronic nephritis (Bright's disease).

(2) She is enfeebled, dropsical , perpetually damp from cooking and cleaning, toothless, and refuses to wear false teeth (Janet remarks that Mother can never find comfortable teeth).

(3) His big and dropsical head, disproportionate to his emaciated body, leans against his mother's shoulder, his eyes blinking weakly.