ANASARCA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema (swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities)

Derivation:

anasarcous (characterized by or affected by dropsy)

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