Definitionn. accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
Last update: August 2, 2015
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Where the dropsical condition is more or less general the term " anasarca " is applied to it; if the tissues are infiltrated locally the term " oedema " is employed; and various names are applied, with a local significance, to dropsies of individual parts or cavities, such as " hydrothorax," " hydroperitoneum " or " ascites," " hydrocephalus," and so on. [Please select]
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Heart disease and chronic lung disease may be followed by ascites. [Please select]
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It is natural the figure and condition should suggest the idea of ascites; but the hair does not pull out--none of the legs are swollen--the shape of the abdomen wants the appearance of gravitation, and if the patient be placed upon its back the form of the rotundity is not altered by the position of the body. [Please select]
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DROPSY OF THE ABDOMEN OF THE CALF (ASCITES). [Please select]
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