different between hydropic vs hydronic

English

Etymology

From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hudr?pikós), from ????? (húdr?ps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha??d??p?k/

Adjective

hydropic (comparative more hydropic, superlative most hydropic)

1. Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).

   hydropic diathesis

   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Precepts of Christianity not grievous

     Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst.

   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 1352:

     ‘Of the hydropick tumour there is now very little appearance: the asthma is much less troublesome, and seems to remit something day after day.’

2. (obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
   • a. 1631, John Donne, ‘A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day’, Poems (1633):

     The worlds whole sap is sunke: / The generall balme th'hydroptique earth hath drunk […].

3. Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
4. (biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.

Alternative forms

• hydroptic, hydroptique

English

Etymology

hydro- +? -onic

Adjective

hydronic (not comparable)

1. Being or relating to a heating system that involves circulating hot water or steam.

See also

• single-pipe steam
• two-pipe steam
• hot-water