varicealadj.
/varɪˈsiːəl/ Medicine.
Of, pertaining to, or involving a varix.
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1947 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 Nov. 630/1 (heading) Intraesophageal venous tamponage. Its use in a case of varical hemorrhage from the esophagus.]
1961 Postlethwait & Sealy Surg. Esophagus xii. 392/1 Others..later used tamponade for control of variceal hemorrhage.
1981 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Jan. 189/2 Haemorrhage from varices around an artificial intestinal stoma..is well documented... Variceal haemorrhage from a colostomy has been less frequently reported.
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