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Ascites

noun
1.
Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.





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"Ascites" Quotes from Famous Books



... subject of daily observation. In addition to this, Dr. A. calls the attention to the fact, that in experiments, in which obstruction has been artificially made, by tying the vena cava for example, the experimenter has committed an error, in reasoning from the lower animal to man—assuming, that as ascites had arisen in dogs, it would in like manner ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various
... man, which was about a month before his death, he laboured under rending cough, with a scanty tough mucous expectoration—oppressive dyspnoea, ascites, general anasarca, occasional giddiness, and throbbing headach on motion, or on assuming the standing position. His countenance was of a light blue or slate colour, and his upper and lower extremities had ...
— An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis • Archibald Makellar


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