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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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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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