Definition of varix in English:
varix
nounPlural varices ˈvɛːrɪksˈvɛrɪks
1Medicine
A varicose vein.
Example sentencesExamples
- Health results include varices (enlarged tortuous veins) at the lower end of the esophagus that can bleed severely.
- This dominant hepatic fibrosis with minimal renal involvement leads to portal hypertension and varices.
- Portal hypertension with bleeding varices is a serious complication of cirrhosis that can be treated surgically and with drug therapy.
- When these vessels form in the distal esophagus and stomach, the usually small rudimentary left gastric vein dilates and varices develop.
- Computed tomographic scan showed a cirrhotic liver with gastric and esophageal varices and mild ascites.
2Zoology
Each of the ridges on the shell of a gastropod mollusc, marking a former position of the aperture.
Example sentencesExamples
- Laevistrombus, however, has a different shell form with a smooth rounded shoulder and varices on early whorls, characters not known for Austrombus.
- Alamirifica corona differs considerably from Echinobathra by not having protruding, very thick varices nor tabulate whorls.
- The new species differs from Stoliczka's species by having fine spiral ribbing and an absence of slight varices preceded by a deep furrow.
- The apertural face of the varix of Alamirifica lacks the external ribs and has growth lines suggesting that a flared outer lip has been filled by successive layers that narrow the aperture.
- The outer lip of Falsilatirus forms a terminal varix that slightly ascends the spire, as in other Pisaniinae.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin.