单词 | varix |
释义 | varixn. 1. a. Pathology. An abnormal dilatation or enlargement of a vein or artery, usually accompanied by a tortuous development; a varicose vein. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > dilation > varicose veins varixc1400 varice?1541 varicle1684 varicosity1839 phlebectasia1842 phlebectasis1848 phlebectasy1858 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 178 Þe blood-letyng of þis veyne is good..for varices & for vlcera þat ben in þe hipis ouþer in þe leggis. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Ciijv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens It may so be that varix, that is to say a swollen vayne that is aboue it may be the cause. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 279 Some writers hold, that this herb.., bound vnto the swelling veines called Varices, doth allay the paine thereof. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. J. Walaeus Two Epist. (new ed.) in tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) 363 For that is easie to see in a Varix of the Thigh and Foot. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 188 Varices..sometimes become very large and painful upon the legs, requiring opening. 1783 Med. Communications 1 181 The dilatation of a vein (commonly called a varix) takes an oblong shape. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 186/1 Pressure on the varix empties it of its contents. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 190 In another case a similar thrombosed varix had broken from its pedicle. b. The diseased condition characterized by this, as a specific malady. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > dilation > varicose veins > condition > of having varix1813 varicosity1879 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 128 The dilatation of capillary vessels which occurs in some species of varix. 1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. vii. 156 The veins..have a tortuous, convoluted arrangement, similar to what occurs in varix of the leg and thigh. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xi. 478 Varix is commonly an affection of the veins in the lower extremities and mainly of the branches of the saphena vein. 2. Conchology. A longitudinal elevation or swelling on the surface of a shell (see quot. 1851). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of auricle1665 heel1673 lip1681 mouth1681 whirl1681 rib1711 antihelix1721 canal1734 columella1755 vesture1755 body whirl1776 fent1776 pillar1776 pillar-lip1776 septum1786 aperture1794 body whorl1807 costa1812 seam1816 spine1822 umbo1822 varix1822 peristome1828 summit1828 nucleus1833 concameration1835 lunula1835 nympha1836 nymph1839 lunule1842 peritreme1848 body chamber1851 axis1866 umbone1867 liration1904 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 201 With a marginal and sometimes a dorsal varix. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 241 The varices..are ribs which cross the volutions in some species of buccinum, murex, and triton. They are formed by the periodical growth of the shells. 1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 198 The Struthiolariæ have a simple varix instead of a wide lip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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