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Ascites

Ascites (ascites; Greek askites hydrops – a belly edema; synonyms: an abdominal dropsy – устар., an edema belly – устар.) – accumulation in an abdominal cavity of transudate.

 
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The weight of a human brain makes about 2% of all body weight, however it consumes about 20% of the oxygen coming to blood. This fact does a human brain extremely susceptible to the damages caused by shortage of oxygen.