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varicosity|værɪˈkɒsɪtɪ|
[f. varicose a. + -ity.]
1. A varicose swelling or distension.
c1842Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 233 Irregular dilatations or varicosities of the absorbent vessels. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. I. 64 These fibrils present numerous minute varicosities, and, at intervals, larger swellings. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1078 On pricking one of these varicosities a larger or smaller quantity of fluid escapes.
2. The state or condition of being varicose or abnormally swollen; an instance or case of this.
1876Gross Dis. Bladder, etc. 157 The disease here consists either in a simple varicosity or in the development of vascular growths. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 380 Varicosity of the veins at the lower end of the œsophagus. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxi. 462 One [type of disease] characterised by varicosity of lymphatics.
transf.1891Rayleigh in Proc. Roy. Inst. (1893) XIII. 264 The cylindrical [liquid] jet may be said to become varicose, and the varicosity goes on increasing with time.
3. The state of having varicose veins.
1879H. P. Dunn in Barthol. Hosp. Rep. XV. 251 Varicosity of the lower limbs is met with in seamen. |