adj
Meaning 1
Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
varicose
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈvæɹ.ɪ.kəʊs/
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US: /ˈvɛɹ.ə.koʊs/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
abnormally swollen or knotty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- varicose veins
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From varix, via Middle English [Term?] from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. By surface analysis, varic- + -ose. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разширен (razširen) — abnormally swollen
- Catalan: varicós — abnormally swollen
- Dutch: gezwollen — abnormally swollen
- French: variqueux — abnormally swollen
- German: varikös — abnormally swollen
- Hungarian: visszeres — abnormally swollen
- Irish: borrtha — abnormally swollen
- Italian: varicoso — abnormally swollen
- Māori: hātarotaro — abnormally swollen
- Māori: tīponapona — abnormally swollen
- Portuguese: varicoso — abnormally swollen
- Romanian: varicos — abnormally swollen
- Spanish: varicoso — abnormally swollen