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varicose vein en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. An abnormally swollen or dilated vein.
   • Back there in the rolling, olive-clad hills is a splendid region of whose existence most of the visitors to the Riviera are unaware. There are no garish restaurants or casinos, no hot doggeries or Slopsy-kola signs, no half-naked women or twitching varicose veins being paraded. 1960, Stephen Lister [pseudonym; Digby George Gerahty], chapter 12, in In Search of Paradise, London: Peter Davies, →OCLC, page 162:
2. (in-plural) The medical condition of having such veins, especially in the legs.

Forms

Translations (49)

pl żylak (medical condition) · pl żylak (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ru варико́зное расшире́ние вен (medical condition) · it vena varicosa (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · fr varice (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · hrx Krampfoder (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · gl varices (medical condition) · ja 静脈瘤 (medical condition) · cs křečové žíly (medical condition) · nrf veine varice (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · nl krampader (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · sv åderbråck (medical condition) · pt varizes (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · te ఉబ్బుసిర (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ar الدوالي (medical condition) · cs křečová žíla (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · gl variz (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · fi suonikohju (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ga greabhán na gcos (medical condition) · tr varis (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · el κιρσός (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ru варико́зная ве́на (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · la varix (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · nl spatader (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ga féith bhorrtha (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · pdt Kraumpoda (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · fo æðraknútur (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · tr varis (medical condition) · te ఉబ్బుసిరలు (medical condition) · gl flebectasia (medical condition) · gl hedra (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · pt variz (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · de Krampfader (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ca variça (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · grc κιρσός (medical condition) · cmn 靜脈曲張 /静脉曲张 (medical condition) · hu visszérbetegség (medical condition) · gl varices (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · da åreknude (medical condition) · el κιρσός (medical condition) · de Krampfadern (medical condition) · fr varices (medical condition) · fi suonikohjutauti (medical condition) · cmn 靜脈曲張 /静脉曲张 (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · hu visszér (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · de Varix (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ca varices (medical condition) · grc κιρσός (abnormally swollen or dilated vein) · ru варико́зная боле́знь (medical condition)