varicosity

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (varicose vein).

Noun

varicosity (plural varicosities)

  1. An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
  2. A varicose vein.
  3. The tortuousness, and the degree thereof, of a set of varicose veins.

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