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Abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel
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varix
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A varix (Pl. varices ) is an anatomical feature of the shell of certain sea snails , marine gastropod molluscs . Gastropods whose shells have varices are primarily families and species within the taxonomic groups Littorinimorpha and Neogastropoda . The ...
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Varix \Va"rix\, n.; pl. Varices . [L.] (Med.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. Note: Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial ...
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n. (context medicine English) a varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein
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n. abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel [also: varices (pl)]
Usage examples of varix.
But for the local aneurysmal thrill at the point of the scar the condition would have been diagnosed as angioma, but as a bruit could be heard over the entire mass it was called an aneurysmal varix, because it was believed there was a connection between a rather large artery and a vein close to the mass.