varicosities
- plural of varicosity.
Example Sentences
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The scientists named the pearl-like structures in which the axon swells "non-synaptic varicosities."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
Figure 10.25 Motor Units A series of axon-like swelling, called varicosities or “boutons,” from autonomic neurons form motor units through the smooth muscle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Waitressing is also something I’d like to avoid, because I remember it leaving me bone-tired when I was eighteen, and I’m decades of varicosities and back pain beyond that now.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
He describes the enlargement of the veins that follows, the actual varicosities, and the dusky or livid redness of the parts which seem to be soft, but are really very hard.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
Aëtius' treatment of the subject of varicosities is quite complete in its suggestions.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
