Varicosity

noun

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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.

Synonyms

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axonal swellingdilated veinnerve varicosityneuronal boutonsynaptic boutonvaricosis

Etymology

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

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