Hydrops may refer to:

Medicine

* Hydrops ( ), 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 Edema, also spelled oedema, and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's Tissue (biology), tissue. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. Symptoms may include skin which feels t ...

(hydropsy, dropsy) ****

Anasarca Anasarca is a severe and generalized form of edema, with subcutaneous tissue swelling throughout the body. Unlike typical edema, which almost everyone will experience at some time and can be relatively benign, anasarca is a pathological process ...

, a severe and widespread form of edema ***

Ascites Ascites is the abnormal build-up of fluid in the abdomen. Technically, it is more than 25 ml of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, although volumes greater than one liter may occur. Symptoms may include increased abdominal size, increased weight, ab ...

, fluid buildup in the abdomen *** Effusion (medical senses)—see

Effusion (disambiguation) Effusion is the process of gases passing through a small hole. Effusion may also refer to: Medicine The seeping of fluid into a body cavity, the fluid itself, or an abnormal collection of fluid in a body cavity or space: *Ascites *Pericardial eff ...

** More specifically ***

Endolymphatic hydrops Endolymphatic hydrops is a disorder of the inner ear. It consists of an excessive build-up of the endolymph fluid, which fills the hearing and balance structures of the inner ear. Endolymph fluid, which is partly regulated by the endolymph sac, ...

, edema in the inner ear, present in Ménière's disease ***

Cochlear hydrops Cochlear hydrops (or cochlear Meniere's or cochlear endolymphatic hydrops) is a condition of the inner ear involving a pathological increase of fluid affecting the cochlea. This results in swelling that can lead to hearing loss or changes in hearin ...

, a variant of Meniere's disease/Endolymphatic Hydrops without vertigo. ***

Hydrops fetalis Hydrops foetalis or hydrops fetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments. By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion is an accumulation of excessive fluid in ...

, edema in a fetus ***

Corneal hydrops Corneal hydrops is an uncommon complication seen in people with advanced keratoconus or other corneal ectatic disorders, and is characterized by stromal edema due to leakage of aqueous humor through a tear in Descemet's membrane. Although a hydro ...

, humoral edema of the eye

Zoology

* ''Hydrops'' (snake), a dipsadid snake genus {{disambiguation