physcony Path.
(ˈfɪskəʊnɪ)
[ad. mod.L. physconia, f. Gr. ϕύσκων pot-belly, f. ϕύσκη sausage, f. ϕῡσᾶν to blow up. Cf. F. physconie.]
A tumour or swelling of the abdomen; parabysma.
| 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 5 Those vast formations of pus which are sometimes found in parabysmic tumours or physconies. Ibid. IV. 53 A physcony of the abdomen, accompanied with peculiar feelings. |
Hence phyˈsconic a. (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1858).