varix
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varices
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Also called varicosity. Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.
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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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Etymology
Origin of varix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: varicose vein
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Phlebitis and thrombosis are common sequelæ of varix, and may prove dangerous, either by spreading into the large venous trunks or by giving rise to emboli.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
An aneurismal varix of the calf vessels developed, also incomplete peroneal paralysis.
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
In one case in my experience the posterior tibial was cut down upon, when the varix was probably peroneal in situation.
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
This is to be looked upon rather as a compensatory hypertrophy of the superficial vessels than as a true varix.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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 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
It, in fact, converted these cases from arterio-venous aneurisms into pure aneurismal varices.
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
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