anasarca noun.
[anǝ'sɑ:kǝ] Now
rare.
LME.[medieval Latin anasarc(h)a from Greek anasarx adjective (Galen) = ana sarka (ana- up, sarx flesh).]Medicine. A generalized oedema of subcutaneous tissue, usu. with accumulation of fluid in serous cavities.
fig.:
■ Disraeli An aged power..which..looked with complacency on its own unnatural greatness, its political anasarca. ■ anasarcous adjective of the nature of or exhibiting anasarca
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