alchites

استسقاء زقّيistisqāʾ ziqqī

n. + adj. sqy zqq – abdominal hydrops, ascites (med.)

  1. Avic. Gen. 85, 46: et, si assimilatur membro et non unitur ei, sicut est in hydropico de hydropisi quae vocatur alchites, non erit utile nutrimentum ad directionem suarum dispositionum

    Qass. 145, 1: وإن تشبه ولم يلتصق كمادة الاستسقاء الزقى لم يكن غذاء بالفعل نافعا فى كمال أحواله

  1. 1 Avic. Gen.
[ Dozy s.v. istisqāʾ. ]

< Arabic. Van Riet 1987, 85 fn. Ullmann 2006, 182. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.

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