varices

American

[vair-uh-seez] / ˈvɛər əˌsiz /

noun

the plural of varix.

varices British

/ ˈværɪˌsiːz /

noun

the plural of varix

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He had a tumour removed from his liver and varices had formed on his stomach wall - both a direct result of the hepatitis C he had been infected with.

From BBC • May 18, 2024

She now has cirrhosis of the liver and varices - enlarged blood vessels in the oesophagus that make swallowing hard.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

I have cancer and a brain tumour and multiple sclerosis and rupturing varices.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2018

Its pressure against the varices stops the bleeding.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wing-like varices of the whorls overlap each other alternately on each side of the shell.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

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