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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Varix

Va′rix, n.; pl. Varices (#). [L.]

1. (Med.) A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.

☞ Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower limbs. Dunglison.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

☞ The varices usually indicate stages of growth, each one showing a former position of the outer lip of the aperture.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.