Definitions for varices

varices var·i·ces

Spelling: [vair-uh-seez]
IPA: /ˈvɛər əˌsiz/

Varices is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in varices (aceirsv).

Definitions for varices

noun

  1. plural of varix.
  2. Also called varicosity. Pathology. a permanent abnormal dilation and lengthening of a vein, usually accompanied by some tortuosity; a varicose vein.
  3. Zoology. a ridgelike mark or scar on the surface of a shell at a former position of the lip of the aperture.

Origin of varices

1350-1400; Middle English Latin: varicose vein

Examples for varices

The tendency to nodes, varices, spires, and varicose processes in general is a prominent feature of the family.

In color it is reddish-brown to dark chestnut on the varices.

Several cases have been reported of fatal hemorrhage from varices of the oesophagus.

All is covered with numerous spiral lines of sculpture, which upon crossing the varices are frilled.

The color is ashen, with chestnut tips upon the nodes and varices, and chestnut-colored patches about the aperture.

When these rests take place at frequent periods, the varices will of course be numerous as in Harpa and Scalaria.

The varices on the exterior are not so prominent as in the Potamides (Fig. 13).

Large valve cylindrical, with two internal lobes or varices.

The varices are simple and not foliaceous as in M. rufus; the shell is more globose.

Word Value for varices
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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