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‖ varix|ˈvɛərɪks|
Pl. varices |ˈvɛərɪsiːz|.
[L. (stem varic-). Cf. varice.]
1. Path. An abnormal dilatation or enlargement of a vein or artery, usually accompanied by a tortuous development; a varicose vein.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 178 Þe blood-letyng of þis veyne is good..for varices & for vlcera þat ben in þe hipis ouþer in þe leggis. 1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 C iij b, It may so be that varix, that is to say a swollen vayne that is aboue it, may be the cause. 1601Holland Pliny II. 279 Some writers hold, that this herb.., bound vnto the swelling veines called Varices, doth allay the paine thereof. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. 363 For that is easie to see in a Varix of the Thigh and Foot. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 188 Varices..sometimes become very large and painful upon the legs, requiring opening. 1783Med. Comm. I. 181 The dilatation of a vein (commonly called a varix) takes an oblong shape. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 186/1 Pressure on the varix empties it of its contents. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 190 In another case a similar thrombosed varix had broken from its pedicle.
b. The diseased condition characterized by this, as a specific malady.
1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflamm. 128 The dilatation of capillary vessels which occurs in some species of varix. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder, etc. 156 The veins..have a tortuous, convoluted arrangement, similar to what occurs in varix of the leg and thigh. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 500 Varix is commonly an affection of the veins in the lower extremities, and mainly, of the branches of the saphena vein.
2. Conch. A longitudinal elevation or swelling on the surface of a shell (see quot. 1851).
1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 201 With a marginal and sometimes a dorsal varix. 1851G. F. Richardson Geol. viii. 241 The varices..are ribs which cross the volutions in some species of buccinum, murex, and triton. They are formed by the periodical growth of the shells. 1861P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1860, 198 The Struthiolariæ have a simple varix instead of a wide lip. |