an ailment involving an abnormal accumulation of liquid in the body; may also have something to do with wanting to overeat (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
atemaliztli. ydropesia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.