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varices

American  
[vair-uh-seez] / ˈvɛər əˌsiz /

noun

  1. the plural of varix.


varices British  
/ ˈværɪˌsiːz /

noun

  1. the plural of varix

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Are Aneurisms and Varices, which are Tumours, made by the Blood, to be reckon'd among the Phlegmons?

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Varices or unsuspected luetic, malignant, or tuberculous lesions may be found to be the cause.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

What is requisite to be done in the Varices?

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

No, because the Blood that forms the Aneurisms and Varices is not extravasated nor accompany'd with Inflammation, but only a Tumour of Blood proceeding from the Dilatation of the Arteries and Veins.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel