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单词 ascites
释义

ascites

/əˈsʌɪtiːz /
noun [mass noun] Medicine
The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, causing abdominal swelling.Patients present with the insidious onset of ascites, abdominal pain, and fever....
  • With the increase of liver protein synthesis, the liver has a tendency to enlarge causing ascites (abdominal swelling).
  • Patients who have cirrhosis with ascites are prone to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

Derivatives

ascitic

adjective ...
  • Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax is usual ascitic care, including salt restriction and diuretics.
  • Tubercular ascitic fluid is of high attenuation value due to its high protein content.
  • No malignant cells were detected in the ascitic fluid.

Origin

Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek askitēs, from askos 'wineskin'.

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