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ASCITES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ascites" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Derivation:

ascitic (of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity)

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 Context examples: 

Ascites also occurs in patients with liver disease.

(Ascites, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include abdominal mass, hemoperitoneum, and ascites.

(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): For a specimen collection, the methodCode could = "finger stick", "veni puncture", "Abdominal/ascites effusion", "Biopsy", "Bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL)".

(Defined Procedure Method Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Patients may be asymptomatic or present with an abdominal mass, ascites, and jaundice.

(Liver Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with abdominal distention, pain, ascites, and a palpable abdominal mass.

(Desmoplastic small round cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually caused by alcoholisms, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Complications include the development of ascites, esophageal varices, bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy.

(Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)