ANASARCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anasarca mean? 

• ANASARCA (noun)
  The noun ANASARCA has 1 sense:

1. generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue

  Familiarity information: ANASARCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANASARCA (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)