English edit

Etymology edit

anasarca +‎ -ous

Adjective edit

anasarcous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: [] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston [], and B[enjamin] Took, [], →OCLC:
      The Anasarcous Hydrocele may be known by the splendour, softness and thickness of the Scrotum

References edit

anasarcous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.