Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-CI'TES
AS'CI-TANSAS-CIT'IC, or AS-CIT'IC-AL
AS-CI'TES, n. [Gr. ασκος, a bladder.]
A dropsy or tense elastic swelling of the belly, with fluctuation, from a collection of water. – Coxe. Quincy.
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