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

Noun Inflected Forms

• varices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of varix

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: varicose vein

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

varix varices

Even this operation, however, in two cases of femoral varix failed to effect more than a temporary cessation of the symptoms, although the ligatures were placed but a short distance from the communication.

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 George Henry Makins

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

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

The larger the varix the greater is the tendency for a thrombus to spread upwards and to involve the deep veins.

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

This is carried out on the same lines as for aneurysmal varix, and at the same time incising the sac, turning out the clots, and ligating any branches which open into the sac.

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

In many of the cases clinically designated pure varix, the remains of such a sac may still actually persist.

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 George Henry Makins

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

The wing-like varices of the whorls overlap each other alternately on each side of the shell.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray