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anasarcous

anasarcous adjective: belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

Adjective

anasarcous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
    • The Anasarcous Hydrocele may be known by the splendour, softness and thickness of the Scrotum1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Origin of anasarcous

From anasarca + -ous.

Questions about anasarcous

What does anasarcous mean?
Anasarcous means belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
What part of speech is anasarcous?
Anasarcous is an adjective.

Words near anasarcous in the dictionary

  1. anarthrously
  2. anarthrousness
  3. anas
  4. anasarca
  5. anasarcas
  6. anasarcous
  7. Anasazi
  8. Anasazi bean
  9. Anasazi beans
  10. Anasazis
  11. anascan

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