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Keywords: Varix, Tortuous, Vein, Dilated, Enlarged

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An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.

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L. " ; 1. a dilatation in a vein; 2. a dilatation in a nerve fibre.

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varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous

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Of or related to Varicose Veins.

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A varix (a dilated vein; an enlarged and tortuous vein, artery, or lymphatic vessel) or varicose condition.

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a swollen, twisted vein

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