‖ ascites Path.
(əˈsaɪtiːz)
Also 4–5 aschytes.
[L., a. Gr. ἀσκίτης (sc. ὕδρωψ dropsy), f. ἀσκός bag.]
A collection of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the abdomen.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lii. (1495) 266 One manere dropesye hyghte Aschytes, for yf the wombes ben smyten they sowne as a flackette, other a botell. 1657 Phys. Dict., Ascites is a swelling of the belly caused of a serous matter. 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. xxvii. (1804) 183 Loaded with a monstrous ascites or dropsy. 1839 in Todd Cycl. Anat. |