Sclerotherapy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink. countable, uncountable

Example

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"Every Friday we do sclerotherapy."

Etymology

From sclero- + therapy.

Related phrases

blood vesselvaricose vein

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