varix

Significat (Anglès)

  1. A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
  2. In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.

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Traduccions

Varix

الدوالي

κιρσός

Venenknoten

Varize

Krampfadern

varix

Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Via Middle English varix from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).

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