noun
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the state, condition, or quality of being varicose
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an abnormally distended vein
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Origin of varicosity
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A varicosity releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Behind the widely varied treatment for varicosity lies the basic fact that no one knows what causes the trouble in the first place.
From Time Magazine Archive
The amount of discomfort bears no direct proportion to the extent of the varicosity.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Morbid Anatomy.—In the lower extremity the varicosity most commonly affects the vessels of the great saphena system; less frequently those of the small saphena system.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
There is reason to believe, moreover, that a sudden strain may, by rupturing the valves and so rendering them incompetent, induce varicosity independently of any congenital defect.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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
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 James Joseph Walsh
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 James Joseph Walsh
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