varix

American  

[vair-iks] / ˈvɛər ɪks /

noun

varices plural

1. Also called varicosity.  Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.

2. Zoology. a ridgelike mark or scar on the surface of a shell at a former position of the lip of the aperture.

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varix British  

/ ˈvɛərɪks /

noun

1. pathol

   1. a tortuous dilated vein See varicose veins

   2. Also called: arterial varix.   varix lymphaticus.  a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• varices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of varix

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: varicose vein

Example Sentences

In the majority of cases it is only when some exciting factor comes into operation that the clinical phenomena associated with varix appear.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

They are ill-developed or absent also in the iliac and common femoral veins—a fact which has an important bearing on the production of varix in the veins of the lower extremity.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Abbe shows a peculiar aneurysmal varix of the finger in a boy of nine.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

In this relation it may be of interest to include here a case of a man who took part in the campaign when already the subject of an aneurismal varix of the axillary artery.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

While so experienced a military surgeon as Pirogoff could say, in 1864, that he had never seen a case of aneurismal varix, every young surgeon lately in South Africa has met with a series.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry