varicose

Examples

• All

• We suffer from all kinds of problems with our necks, our backs, difficulty in childbirth, blown out knees, hernias, varicose veins, hemorrhoids.

  Danny Jones

• There was no history of trauma, varicose veins, or arterial insufficiency.

  Academic text (2007)

• "My wife has got varicose veins!"

  Get Him to the Greek (2010)

• You try ice skating with varicose veins.

  Secret Ceremony (1968)

• You know, I have varicose veins and I hate to shop at malls.

  Pacific Heights (1990)

• Most of us would be fine: a little morning sickness, indigestion, varicose veins.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She had varicose veins.

  Whatever Works (2009)

• Freyda complained about her poor circulation; her legs had always been lumpy with purple varicose veins; now they were worse.

  Fiction book (1998)

• People sprawled in a disorder of folding chairs; fatigued old women on the stone steps exposed layered undergarments and varicose veins.

  Fiction book (1991)

• My doctor told me that varicose veins can cause discomfort if not treated properly.

Synonyms

V

variceal

vsvaricose

• Specialized

1 9.6

Relating to swollen veins, often in the food pipe or stomach

describes veins abnormally swollen and often twisted from faulty valves or weak walls

Antonyms

N

normal

∞ 1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

Compounds

V

varicose vein

• Specialized

6 3.8

A larger, twisted blood vessel in the leg that bulges

How Swollen

varicose

• Specialized

6 7.8

enlarged

25 3.1

swollen

122 3.2

puffy

49 2.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology