ascitesn.
/əˈsʌɪtiːz/, U.S. /əˈsaɪdiz/ Pathology.
A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen.
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ascitesa1398
bottle dropsy1562
water dropsy1566
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lii. 405 Þis dropesie hatte aschites, for if here wombe is ismete it sowneþ as a flaket oþir a botel.
1657 Physical Dict. Ascites is a swelling of the belly caused of a serous matter.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 249 Loaded with a monstrous ascites or dropsy.
1837 Benson in R. B. Todd Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II.
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