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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
2. 2
   varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous wordnet
3. 3
   A varicose vein.
4. 4
   The tortuousness, and the degree thereof, of a set of varicose veins.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (“varicose vein”).

Related phrases

rectal varicosityvaricose vein

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