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Ascites vs Edema - What's the difference?

ascites | edema |

As nouns the difference between ascites and edema

is that ascites is (medicine) an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease while edema is (us|pathology) an excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

ascites

English

Noun

(ascites) (wikipedia ascites)
  • (medicine) An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.

    • Derived terms

    * ascitic

    Synonyms

    * hydroperitoneum * abdominal dropsy

    See also

    * ascetes, ascetic

    Anagrams

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    edema

    English

    (wikipedia edema)

    Alternative forms

    * oedema (UK), (UK)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (US, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity
  • (US) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water

    • Synonyms

    * dropsy (1) * hydrops

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