ascites
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tiz noun Pathology.
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English aschites < Medieval Latin < Greek askítēs (hýdrōps) abdominal (dropsy), equivalent to ask(ós) belly + -itēs -ite1
1350–1400; Middle English aschites < Medieval Latin < Greek askítēs (hýdrōps) abdominal (dropsy), equivalent to ask(ós) belly + -itēs -ite1
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| —n , pl ascites | |
| accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity | |
| [C14: from Latin: a kind of dropsy, from Greek askitēs, from askos wineskin] | |
| ascitic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
ascites
late 14c., "abdominal dropsy," from L. ascites, from Gk. askites (hydrops), lit. "baglike dropsy," from askos "bag, sac." Ascitic "afflicted with ascites" is from 1680s.
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ascites as·ci·tes (ə-sī'tēz)
n. pl. ascites
The accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Also called hydroperitoneum.
as·cit'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj.
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ascites
accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, between the membrane lining the abdominal wall and the membrane covering the abdominal organs. The most common causes of ascites are cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure, tumours of the peritoneal membranes, and escape of chyle (lymph laden with emulsified fats) into the peritoneal cavity. In patients having liver disease, the onset of ascites is usually preceded by accumulation of fluid in the ankles. The abdomen is often uncomfortably distended, and muscles become wasted.
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Example sentences
Although ascites itself is not fatal, it is a marker for severe progression.
Spontaneous peritonitis is usually caused by ascites, a collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
Spontaneous peritonitis is usually caused by infection of ascites, a collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
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