different between varix vs variciform

English

Etymology

Via Middle English varix from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. See also Old Church Slavonic ????? (vr?x?, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ???? (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).

Noun

varix (plural varices)

1. (medicine) A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
2. (zoology) In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.

Related terms

• variceal

Translations

Anagrams

• arXiv

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“highland, high”). See also varus, Old Church Slavonic ????? (vr?x?, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ???? (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”) and Lithuanian viršus (“top”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?a.riks/, [?u?ä??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?va.riks/, [?v???iks]

Noun

varix m or f (genitive varicis); third declension

1. (medicine) a varicose vein

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• varic?sus
• varicula

Descendants

• Catalan: variu, variça
• Portuguese: variz
• Spanish: variz

References

• varix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• varix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• varix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Adjective

variciform (comparative more variciform, superlative most variciform)

1. Resembling a varix.