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alchites
استسقاء زقّي istisqāʾ ziqqī
n. + adj. sqy zqq – abdominal hydrops, ascites (med.) show/hide quotes-
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 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.