Meanings
nounascites (plural ascites)
- medicineAn accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
Synonyms: hydroperitoneum, seroperitoneum, abdominal dropsy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀσκίτης
- Latinascītēs
- Englishascites
From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”).
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Ancient Greek ἀσκῑ́της
- ἀσκῑ́της (askī́tēs)symptom
Arabic اِسْتِسْقَاء
- اِسْتِسْقَاء (istisqāʔ)symptom
Catalan ascites
- ascitessymptom
Chinese Mandarin 腹水
- 腹水 (fùshuǐ)symptom
Estonian astsiit
- astsiitsymptom
Finnish vesivatsa
- vesivatsasymptom
French ascite
- ascitesymptom
German Aszites
- Aszitessymptom
Greek ασκίτης
- ασκίτης (askítis)symptom
Hindi जलोदर, जठरामय
- जलोदर (jalodar)symptom
- जठरामय (jaṭhrāmay)symptom
- इस्तिस्क़ा (istisqā)symptom
Indonesian asites
- asitessymptom
Japanese 腹水
- 腹水 (fukusui)symptom
Korean 복수
- 복수 (boksu)symptom
Polish wodobrzusze
- wodobrzuszesymptom
Portuguese ascite
- ascitesymptom
Romanian ascită
- ascităsymptom
Spanish ascitis
- ascitissymptom
Turkish assit
- assitsymptom
Vietnamese báng
- bángsymptom
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APA
ascites. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascites
MLA
“ascites.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascites. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ascites,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascites.
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