anasarca

American  

[an-uh-sahr-kuh] / ˌæn əˈsɑr kə /

noun

Pathology.

1. a pronounced, generalized edema.

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anasarca British  

/ ˌænəˈsɑːkə /

noun

1. pathol a generalized accumulation of serous fluid within the subcutaneous connective tissue, resulting in oedema

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Other Word Forms

• anasarcous adjective

Etymology

Origin of anasarca

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin, representing Greek phrase anà sárka literally, throughout the body

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Example Sentences

Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

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The first manifestation of anasarca, the pathognomonic symptom of wet beriberi, is in an oedematous condition of the areolar tissue of the anterior part of the legs.

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He became so feeble that he had not strength enough to enable him to bring up the expectoration; his chest was full of it; fever was less; there was general anasarca.

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Also in the cases of coma with anasarca, either the acute, subacute or chronic form the blood pressure is not raised as a rule.

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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.

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