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ANASARCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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