anasarca

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In case of excessive swelling of the head in anasarca, there may occur an extensive sero-fibrinous exudation from the mucous membranes of the nose, poured out as a semifluid mass or as a cast of the nasal fossć, never having the appearance or typical oily character which it has in glanders.

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  1. noun A general accumulation of serous fluid in various tissues and body cavities.

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  • In anasarca or purpura hemorrhagica large soft swellings appear on any part of the skin, but usually on the legs, side of the body, and about the head Gas collects under the skin in some instances. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Septicemia terminates fatally with its usual train of symptoms Alterations._--The essential alterations of anasarca are exceedingly simple; the capillaries are dilated, the lymphatic spaces between the fibers of the connective tissue are filled with serum, and the coagulable portion of the blood presents a yellowish or citrine mass, jellylike in consistency, which has stretched out the tissue like the meshes of a sponge. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • In case of excessive swelling of the head in anasarca, there may occur an extensive sero-fibrinous exudation from the mucous membranes of the nose, poured out as a semifluid mass or as a cast of the nasal fossć, never having the appearance or typical oily character which it has in glanders. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Coffee and tea are two of the diffusible stimulants which are too much neglected in veterinary medicine; both are valuable adjuncts in treatment of anasarca, as they are during convalescence at the end of any grave disease which has tended to render the patient anemic. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • General anasarca was now rapidly increasing; and as the cellular effusion advanced, the breathing became more laborious. —  An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
 

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin : Greek ana, throughout; see ana- + Greek sarx, sark-, flesh.

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  1. Middle Latin and New Latin, from Greek ἀνά, up, through (see ana-), + σάρκα, accusative of σάρξ, flesh.
 

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