Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Varicosis.
- noun A varicose enlargement or swelling.
- noun The condition of having varicose veins.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A varix.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being varicose.
- noun An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
- noun A
varicose vein .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous
Etymologies
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Examples
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In your case, standing on your feet all day is allowing the blood to pool in your legs, resulting in the varicosity.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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In your case, standing on your feet all day is allowing the blood to pool in your legs, resulting in the varicosity.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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In your case, standing on your feet all day is allowing the blood to pool in your legs, resulting in the varicosity.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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In your case, standing on your feet all day is allowing the blood to pool in your legs, resulting in the varicosity.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Nor is a degree of varicosity in the lower legs of runners unusual; the calf muscles get very hard and force the softer veins toward the surface.
Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980
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In one popliteal varix, slight varicosity of the superficial veins of the leg was present, but it was not certain that the development of this was not antecedent to the injury, as the patient did not notice it until his attention was drawn to its existence.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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When interrogated as to the cause of his enormous saphenous veins, which stood out like huge twisted cords under the skin and were associated with venous varicosity on the leg, he said he presumed they were caused by his constantly compressing the saphenous vein at the hip in giving his exhibitions, which in some large cities were repeated several times a day.
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When we consider the varicosity of this organ we can readily believe the possibility of the foregoing facts, and there is little doubt that more precaution in suturing severed portions of the nose would render the operation of nose making a very rare one.
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When we consider the varicosity of this organ we can readily believe the possibility of the foregoing facts, and there is little doubt that more precaution in suturing severed portions of the nose would render the operation of nose making a very rare one.
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The uterus contained a fetus three or four months old, with the membranes intact, the maternal death being due to the varicosity of the pregnant pudenda, the slight injury being sufficient to produce fatal hemorrhage.
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