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Ascites

LC control no.sh 85008555
Topical headingAscites
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Variant(s)Abdominal dropsy
Dropsy, Abdominal
Dropsy, Peritoneal
Hydroperitoneum
Hydroperitonia
Hydrops abdominis
Peritoneal dropsy
See alsoPathology
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Peritoneum--Diseases
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Found inMESH (Ascites BT Pathologic processes)
Dorland's med. dict. (ascites: effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity, called also abdominal or peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitonia, and Hydrops abdominis)
Inter. dict. med. biol. (ascites: intraperitoneal accumulation of watery fluid in the nature of a transudate, called also hydrops abdominis (obsolete), abdominal dropsy, peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitoneum)