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Definitions for varixˈvɛər ɪks; ˈvɛər əˌsiz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

var•ixˈvɛər ɪks; ˈvɛər əˌsiz(n.)(pl.)var•i•ces

  1. Category: Pathology

    Ref: Also, varicosity. 2

  2. a ridgelike mark or scar on the surface of a gastropod shell.

    Category: Zoology

Origin of varix:

1350–1400; ME < L: varicose vein

Princeton's WordNet

  1. varix(noun)

    abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel

Wiktionary

  1. varix(Noun)

    a varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein

Webster Dictionary

  1. Varix(noun)

    a uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein

  2. Varix(noun)

    one of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells

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