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Ascites (medicine)


ascites
<clinical sign, gastroenterology> An effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.

Synonym: abdominal dropsy, peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitonia, hydrops abdominis.

Origin: L, Gr. Askites from askos = bag