Ascites

·noun A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

ascites
ascītes, ae, m., = ἀσκίτης (sc. ὕδρωψ), a kind of dropsy , Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8; Plin. Val. 3, ...

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