From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.
As*ci"tes (#), n. [L., fr. Gr. (sc. disease), fr. bladder, belly.] Med.
A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Dunglison.
© Webster 1913.
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