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Varicose
Varicose Var"i*cose` (?; 277), a. [L. varicosus, from varix,
-icis, a dilated vein; cf. varus bent, stretched, crooked.]
1. Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or
containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to
varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a
varicose vein; varicose ulcers.
2. (Med.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; --
said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
Meaning of Varicose from wikipedia
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Varicose veins, also
known as
varicoses, are a
medical condition in
which superficial veins become enlarged and twisted.
These veins typically develop...
- "inverted
champagne bottle"
appearance to the leg ****ociated
superficial varicose veins or "ankle flare", a
collection of small, dark,
engorged superficial...
- Look up ulcer, ulcus, ulcerate, or
ulceration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
ulcer is a
discontinuity or
break in a
bodily membrane that impedes...
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insufficient venous return; the
alternative name of
varicose eczema comes from a
common cause of this
being varicose veins.
Insufficient venous return results in...
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insufficiency is when the
veins cannot pump
deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
Varicose veins are
saccular and
distended veins which can
expand considerably and...
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occur on the legs, they
often have
underlying venous reflux or "hidden
varicose veins" (see
Venous hypertension section below). When
found on the legs...
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spider veins,
smaller varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and hydroceles.
Sclerotherapy is one
method for the
treatment of
spider veins,
varicose veins (which are...
- risk for
hospitalization from
varicose veins.
Among the
working age po****tion one out of five
hospitalizations from
varicose veins are as a
result of prolonged...
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varicosities and
these have been
found in
regions of the
hippocampus that
function in the
release of neurotransmitters. However,
axonal varicosities are...
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typically not life-threatening.
Varicose veins: The
great saphenous vein, like
other superficial veins, can
become varicose; swollen,
twisted and lengthened...
