ASCITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascites mean? 

• ASCITES (noun)
  The noun ASCITES has 1 sense:

1. accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity

  Familiarity information: ASCITES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCITES (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)

 Context examples 

This may be due to a size below detection, an invasive presentation, or pertain to an effusion or ascites.

(Non-Measurable Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

Ascites and hydrothorax associated with ovarian fibroma or other pelvic tumors.

(Meigs Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by pleural effusion, ascites and non-malignant ovarian neoplasm.

(Meigs Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may also be associated with sclerosing peritonitis which presents with ascites and symptoms of bowel obstruction.

(Ovarian Luteinized Thecoma, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): Finger stick, veni puncture, Abdominal/ascites effusion, Biopsy, Bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) (for specimen collection), laparoscopic (for cholecystectomy)

(Performed Procedure Method Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Patients usually present with abdominal pain and ascites.

(Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity resulting in ascites.

(Peritoneal Effusion, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients may present with abdominal mass and unusual symptoms due to thyrotoxicosis, or with Meigs syndrome (ascites and pleural effusion).

(Malignant Struma Ovarii, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents with chylous pleural effusion or ascites.

(Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A symptom complex associated with CARCINOID TUMOR and characterized by attacks of severe flushing of the skin, diarrheal watery stools, bronchoconstriction, sudden drops in blood pressure, edema, and ascites.

(Carcinoid syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)