Crossword-Solution: VARIX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Varix | n. | A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. |
| Varix | n. | One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells. |
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| varicose vein | 1 answer |
| ridge shell | 2 answers |
| shell ridge | 2 answers |
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Sentences with VARIX (5)
But for the local aneurysmal thrill at the point of the scar the condition would have been diagnosed as angioma, but as a bruit could be heard over the entire mass it was called an aneurysmal varix, because it was believed there was a connection between a rather large artery and a vein close to the mass.
They are ill-developed or absent also in the iliac and common femoral veins--a fact which has an important bearing on the production of varix in the veins of the lower extremity.
VARIX--VARICOSE VEINS The term varix is applied to a condition in which veins are so altered in structure that they remain permanently dilated, and are at the same time lengthened and tortuous.
The view that varix is congenital in origin, as was first suggested by Virchow, is supported by the fact that in a large proportion of cases the condition is hereditary; not only may several members of the same family in succeeding generations suffer from varix, but it is often found that the same vein, or segment of a vein, is involved in all of them.
Prolonged standing or walking, by allowing gravity to act on the column of blood in the veins of the lower limbs, is also an important determining factor in the production of varix.