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var⋅i⋅cose

  [var-i-kohs]
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1. abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
2. pertaining to or affected with varices, which often affect the superficial portions of the lower limbs.
Origin:
1720–30; < L varicōsus suffering from varicose veins. See varix, -ose 1
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var·i·cose   (vār'ĭ-kōs')   
adj.  
  1. Abnormally swollen or knotted: varicose veins.
  2. Relating to or causing unusual swelling.
  3. Resembling a varix on the surface of a shell.

[Latin varicōsus, from varix, varic-, swollen vein.]
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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.
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varicose 
1730, from L. varicosus "full of dilated veins," from varix (gen. varicis) "dilated vein," probably related to varus "blotch, pimple" (see vary).
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Main Entry: var·i·cose
Pronunciation: 'var-&-"kOs
Variant: also var·i·cosed /-"kOst/
Function:adjective
1 : abnormally swollen or dilated <varicose lymph vessels>
2 : affected with varicose veins varicoselegs>
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varicose var·i·cose (vār'ĭ-kōs')
adj.
Relating to, affected with, or characterized by varices or varicosis.

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