scleredema vs dropsy

scleredema and dropsy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scleredema	Yes	No	No	No
dropsy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dropsy is a hypernym of scleredema; that is, dropsy is a word with a broader meaning than scleredema:

scleredema: a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face
dropsy: swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

Other hypernyms of scleredema include edema, hydrops, oedema.

scleredema (noun)	dropsy (noun)
a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face	swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities