腹ふく水すい

noun

ascites; abdominal dropsy

Medical term for abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.

• 肝かん硬こう変へんの患かん者じゃは腹ふく水すいがたまりやすい。

  Patients with cirrhosis are prone to ascites.

• 腹ふく水すいの検けん査さで原げん因いんを調しらべる。

  Examine the cause by testing the ascitic fluid.