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varicose veins

varicose veins is the plural of varicose vein.

Meaning of varicose vein

Noun

varicose vein (plural varicose veins)

  1. An abnormally swollen or dilated vein.
    • Back there in the rolling, olive-clad hills is a splendid region of whose existence most of the visitors to the Riviera are unaware. There are no garish restaurants or casinos, no hot doggeries or Slopsy-kola signs, no half-naked women or twitching varicose veins being paraded.1960, Stephen Lister [pseudonym; Digby George Gerahty], chapter 12, in In Search of Paradise, London: Peter Davies, →OCLC, page 162
  2. (in plural) The medical condition of having such veins, especially in the legs.

Questions about varicose veins

What is varicose veins the plural of?
Varicose veins is the plural of varicose vein.

Words near varicose veins in the dictionary

  1. varicophlebitis
  2. varicosavirus
  3. varicosaviruses
  4. varicose
  5. varicose vein
  6. varicose veins
  7. varicosectomy
  8. varicosed
  9. varicosely
  10. varicoseness
  11. varicoses

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