Word.ws English Dictionary

varices

varices is the plural of varix.

Meaning of varix

Noun

varix (plural varices)

  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.
    • In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells, page 31

Questions about varices

What is varices the plural of?
Varices is the plural of varix.

Words near varices in the dictionary

  1. varicelliform
  2. varicelloid
  3. varicellous
  4. varicellovirus
  5. varicelloviruses
  6. varices
  7. variciform
  8. varico-
  9. varicocele
  10. varicocelectomies
  11. varicocelectomy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: varices (page history and authors); varix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “varices.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/varices. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.