a. [f. prec. + -OUS.] Of the nature of, or showing signs of, anasarca.
1676. Wiseman, Chirurg., I. xxiii. (R.). I found … his legs anasarcous, and his back and hips excoriated, with lying in bed.
1738. D. Bayne, Gout, 100. Rheumatick anasarcous tumors or swellings.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 63/1. Anasarcous dropsy is the only disease in which the fat of the adipose membrane is entirely consumed.
