ascites
pronunciation
How to pronounce ascites in British English:
UK [æ'saɪts]
How to pronounce ascites in American English:
US [æ'saɪts]
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- Noun:
- accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
Word Origin
- ascites (n.)
- late 14c., "abdominal dropsy," from Latin ascites, from Greek askites (hydrops), literally "baglike dropsy," from askos "bag, sac."
Example
- 1. More advanced ascites and edema can respond to diuretic therapy .
- 2. An analysis of constrictive pericarditis of 8 patients with the major presentation of ascites .
- 3. Their clinical pictures were similar and characterized by fever , shin infection , followed then by abdominal distension and ascites .
- 4. You have a condition known as ascites .
- 5. Nursing care in cirrhotic ascites patients .