ascites

English

Etymology

From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsaɪtiːz/

Noun

ascites (plural ascites)

1. (medicine) An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.

Synonyms

• hydroperitoneum, seroperitoneum
• abdominal dropsy

Derived terms

• ascitic
• ascitogenic

Translations

symptom

• Arabic: اِسْتِسْقَاء (ar) (istisqāʔ)
• Armenian: ասցիտ (hy) (ascʻit)
• Catalan: ascites (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腹水 (zh) (fùshuǐ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: astsiit
• Finnish: vesivatsa
• French: ascite (fr) f
• German: Aszites
• Greek: ασκίτης m (askítis)
• Hindi: जलोदर (hi) (jalodar), जठरामय (hi) (jaṭhrāmay) (uncommon), इस्तिस्क़ा (istisqā) (rare)
• Indonesian: asites (id)
• Japanese: 腹水 (ja) (fukusui)
• Kazakh: іш шеменінің сары суы (ış şemenınıñ sary suy)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wodobrzusze (pl) n
• Portuguese: ascite (pt) f
• Romanian: ascită (ro) f
• Spanish: ascitis
• Turkish: assit
• Uzbek: assit

See also

• ascetes, ascetic

Anagrams

• Stacies, Tessica, ectasis