anasarca

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8

Definition of anasarca

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Severe generalised oedema.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up to, thoroughly”) + σάρξ (sárx, “flesh, body”), short for ὕδρωψ ἀνὰ σάρκα (húdrōps anà sárka, literally “dropsy throughout the flesh”). Compare hyposarca.

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