anasarca
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Origin of anasarca
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin, representing Greek phrase anà sárka literally, throughout the body
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This view of the pathology of anasarca, although leading in many instances to a successful practice, was, however, vague and often unsatisfactory.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Analogous also to what occurs in inflammation, especially of the erysipelatous kind, the action occasioning the effusion, as seen in anasarca, commences at a given point, and gradually extends from thence in a continuous course.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
It was attacking but an aged power dissolving in its own corruption, which, blind with pride, looked with complacency on its own unnatural greatness, its political anasarca.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
If so, why shall we regard anasarca, ending in ascites, as a general disease?
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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