varicoseadj.
/ˈvarᵻkə(ʊ)s/, U.S. /ˈvɛrəˌkoʊs/, /ˈvɛrəˌkoʊz/ 1. figurative.1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 74/1 Milton has..not a sinew sharp or rigid, not a vein varicose or inflated.1864 G. A. Sala in Temple Bar Feb. 337 The responsibility of originating these varicose veins in the limbs of a fair city.
a. Pathology or Medicine. Affected with, characterized by, of the nature of, a varix or varices.
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varicous1598
varicose1730
varicosed1891
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Varicose, that hath the Veins puffed up and swoln more than ordinary with corrupt Blood.
1772 Med. Observ. & Inquiries (ed. 2) IV. 377 Two Letters on the Varicose Aneurysm, from Mr. W. White, Surgeon at York, to W. Hunter.
1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 234 Cases of disease where the distension of these veins had..produced..that unseemly appearance which is termed varicose.
1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xxii. 227 The use of the knife, and of ligatures for the cure of varicose ulcers.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 185 Varicose affection of the veins of the spermatic cord constitutes the disease named varicocele.
1880 H. C. Bastian Brain 32 They then not unfrequently assume an irregular or varicose appearance.
b. Of veins: Unnaturally swollen or dilated.‘When a vein becomes varicose, it has a blue colour, becomes dilated, knotty, and irregular, and winds in a serpentine manner under the skin’ (1835 Cyclop. Pract. Med. IV. 445).
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varicose1793
cirsoid1860
variceal1961
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xviii. 242 When the enlargement of the veins is very considerable, they also become varicose.
1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 299 I have met with many instances of varicose veins on this island.
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 403 She had morning sickness, and the veins of her lower extremities were varicose.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 56 The patient had varicose veins of the gullet.
2. Entomology and Botany. Unusually enlarged or swollen; resembling a varix.
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torous1657
distended1697
incrassate1760
incrassated1806
varicose1826
gastroid1854
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xl. 103 These [bile-vessels] by Malpighi and the earlier physiologists..were denominated varicose vessels.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 340 Varicose,..when the nervures are disproportionably swelled in any part.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 468 The bordering cells project into the canal like varicose hairs.
3. Of appliances: Designed or used for the treatment of varicose veins.
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varicose1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Varicose-stockings, elastic or bandaged stockings for giving pressure and support to swelled veins in the legs.
Derivatives
variˈcosed adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [adjective] > dilating > varicose veins > affected with
varicous1598
varicose1730
varicosed1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2040. 248 I now saw a bright red varicosed papilla.
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