| preagonal | Immediately preceding death. Origin: pre-+ G. Agon, struggle (agony) (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ascites | <clinical sign, gastroenterology> An effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity. Synonym: abdominal dropsy, peritoneal dropsy, hydroperitonia, hydrops abdominis. Origin: L, Gr. Askites from askos = bag (18 Nov 1997) |
| ascites adiposus | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ascites in neonates | <radiology> Urine, urethral valves, UPJ or UVJ obstruction, oedema: erythroblastalis foetalis, portal vein obstruction, hypoproteinaemia, pus, peritonitis, syphilis, meconium peritonitis, gastrointestinal contents, perforation, meconium peritonitis, blood, trauma, rupture of spleen or liver, chyle, chylous ascites, lymphangiectasia, bile, common bile duct obtruction, perforation, ruptured cyst, ovarian cyst, omental cyst, choledochal cyst (12 Dec 1998) |
| ascites tumour | <oncology> Tumour that grows in the peritoneal cavity as a suspension of cells. Obviously such cells have lost anchorage dependence and they can easily be isolated and passaged. Hybridomas are sometimes grown as ascites tumours and the ascites fluid can then be used as the crude antiserum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gelatinous ascites | <radiology> Rupture of: ovarian pseudomucinous cystadenoma, appendicial mucocele, mucinous material in peritoneum, with or without diffuse abdominal calcification (12 Dec 1998) |
| chyliform ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chylous ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
| milky ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
| haemorrhagic ascites | Bloody or blood-stained serous fluid, frequently resulting from metastatic carcinoma, in the peritoneal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudochylous ascites | Presence in the peritoneum of an opalescent or cloudy fluid that does not contain fat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |