ascites

[ uh-sahy-teez ]

nounPathology.
  1. accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.

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Origin of ascites

1
1350–1400; Middle English aschites<Medieval Latin <Greek askítēs (hýdrōps) abdominal (dropsy), equivalent to ask(ós) belly + -itēs-ite1

Other words from ascites

  • as·cit·ic [uh-sit-ik], /əˈsɪt ɪk/, as·cit·i·cal, adjective

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ascites

/ (əˈsaɪtiːz) /


nounplural ascites
  1. accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity

Origin of ascites

1
C14: from Latin: a kind of dropsy, from Greek askitēs, from askos wineskin

Derived forms of ascites

  • ascitic (əˈsɪtɪk), adjective

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