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ascites

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /əˈsaɪtiːz/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

History

Etymology

From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِسْتِسْقَاء (istisqāʔ) — symptom
  • Armenian: ասցիտ (ascʻit) — symptom
  • Catalan: ascites — symptom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹水 (fùshuǐ) — symptom
  • Estonian: astsiit — symptom
  • Finnish: vesivatsa — symptom
  • French: ascite — symptom
  • German: Aszites — symptom
  • Greek: ασκίτης (askítis) — symptom
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσκῑ́της (askī́tēs) — symptom
  • Hindi: जलोदर (jalodar) — symptom
  • Hindi: जठरामय (jaṭhrāmay) — symptom
  • Hindi: इस्तिस्क़ा (istisqā) — symptom
  • Indonesian: asites — symptom
  • Japanese: 腹水 (fukusui) — symptom
  • Kazakh: іш шеменінің сары суы (ış şemenınıñ sary suy) — symptom
  • Korean: 복수 (boksu) — symptom
  • Polish: wodobrzusze — symptom
  • Portuguese: ascite — symptom
  • Romanian: ascită — symptom
  • Spanish: ascitis — symptom
  • Turkish: assit — symptom
  • Uzbek: assit — symptom
  • Vietnamese: báng — symptom