hydrotic, a. and n. Path.
(haɪˈdrɒtɪk)
[Erroneously for hidrotic, sudorific, ad. Gr. ἱδρωτικός, f. ἱδρώς sweat, through confusion with the better-known derivatives of ὑδρο- hydro-; the mis-spelling has to some extent influenced the sense. Cf. F. hydrotique (‘mot barbare et qui mérite d'être effacé’ Littré).]
A. adj. Sudorific; also sometimes in wider sense, from the erroneous spelling, Causing a discharge of water. B. n. A sudorific medicine, or in wider sense, a hydragogue.
| 1671 Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 423 Sneezewort..is Diuretick, Hydrotick and Anodyne. 1681 tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Hydrotic, a medicine evacuating watery humors. 1705 [see hidrotic B]. |
So hyˈdrotical a. = prec.; hyˈdrotically adv.
| 1616 tr. Fernelius & Riolanus in Two Treat. Eye-sight (1633) 21 The same Hydroticall Decoction of the infusion of Tutia. c 1700 Hydrotically [see hydragogically]. 1864 Webster, Hydrotical. |