To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time, but from which you will recover with renewed vigor.
To see others thus afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have tidings of their good health.
[1]Dropsy or abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the body in a dream means humiliation and despise by others.
[2]Bodily sickness.
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