varicosityn.
/ˌvarᵻˈkɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvɛrəˈkɑsədi/ 1. A varicose swelling or distension.
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varice?1541
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phlebectasia1842
phlebectasis1848
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1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 233 Irregular dilatations or varicosities of the absorbent vessels.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals i. 64 These fibrils present numerous minute varicosities, and, at intervals, larger swellings.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. 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.
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1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. vii. 157 The disease here consists either in a simple varicosity, or in the development of vascular growths.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 380 Varicosity of the veins at the lower end of the œsophagus.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxi. 462 One [type of disease] characterised by varicosity of lymphatics.
3. The state of having varicose veins.
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varicosity1879
1879 H. P. Dunn in St. Bartholomew's Hosp. Rep. 15 251 Varicosity of the lower limbs is met with in seamen.
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