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Ascites vs Hydrops - What's the difference?

ascites | hydrops |

In medicine terms the difference between ascites and hydrops

is that ascites is an accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease while hydrops is the abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or 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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    hydrops

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a tissue or cavity

    • See also

    * dropsy * edema