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. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. Symptoms may include skin which feels tight, the area ma ...

(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 r ...

, 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, a ...

, fluid buildup in the abdomen *** Effusion (medical senses)—see Effusion (disambiguation) ** More specifically *** Endolymphatic hydrops, edema in the inner ear, present in Ménière's disease *** Cochlear hydrops, 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 hydrops ...

, humoral edema of the eye

Zoology

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