"varicose vein" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: varicose veins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} varicose vein (plural varicose veins)
  1. (pathology) An abnormally swollen or dilated vein. Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (abnormally swollen or dilated vein): κιρσός (kirsós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), variça [feminine] (Catalan), křečová žíla [feminine] (Czech), spatader [masculine] (Dutch), krampader [masculine] (Dutch), æðraknútur [masculine] (Faroese), suonikohju (Finnish), varice [feminine] (French), Krampfader [feminine] (German), Varix [feminine] (German), κιρσός (kirsós) [masculine] (Greek), visszér (Hungarian), Krampfoder [feminine] (Hunsrik), féith bhorrtha [feminine] (Irish), vena varicosa (Italian), varix [feminine, masculine] (Latin), veine varice [feminine] (Norman), Kraumpoda [feminine] (Plautdietsch), żylak [masculine] (Polish), variz (Portuguese), varizes (Portuguese), варико́зная ве́на (varikóznaja véna) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-varicose_vein-en-noun-q6sH9MNn Categories (other): Circulatory system Disambiguation of Circulatory system: 75 25 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'abnormally swollen or dilated vein': 92 8
  2. (in the plural) The medical condition of having such veins, especially in the legs. Tags: in-plural Translations (medical condition): κιρσός (kirsós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), varices [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 靜脈曲張 (Chinese Mandarin), 静脉曲张 (jìngmài qūzhāng) (Chinese Mandarin), křečové žíly [feminine, plural] (Czech), suonikohjutauti (Finnish), varices [feminine, plural] (French), Krampfadern [feminine, plural] (German), κιρσός (kirsós) [masculine] (Greek), visszérbetegség (Hungarian), greabhán na gcos [masculine] (Irish), 静脈瘤 (jōmyakuryū) (alt: じょうみゃくりゅう) (Japanese), варико́зное расшире́ние вен (varikóznoje rasširénije ven) [neuter] (Russian), варико́зная боле́знь (varikóznaja boléznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), åderbråck [neuter] (Swedish), varis (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-varicose_vein-en-noun-qsOUHkTx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'medical condition': 9 91

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "варико́зная боле́знь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "medical condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "åderbråck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "medical condition",
      "word": "varis"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "varicose veins"
  ],
  "word": "varicose vein"
}

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