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Varix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
  2. 2
    abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel wordnet
  3. 3
    In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.

    "In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture."

Etymology

Via Middle English varix from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).

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