varicosity

Meaning

1. An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
2. A varicose vein.
3. The tortuousness, and the degree thereof, of a set of varicose veins.

Synonyms

varicose vein

varix

phlebeurysma

varicosis

varication

Translations

varice

Krampfader

varice

Varix

vena varicosa

varix

variz

انتفاخ

varice

الدوالي

Krampfadern

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (“varicose vein”).