- plural of varix.
varices
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Shell turriculated and siphonated, thick, each whorl with varices; foot broad and truncated anteriorly; pallial siphon well developed; proboscis present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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