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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 varices
 varix的複數形

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 varices
 (單varix)脈管曲張

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Var·i·ces n. pl. See Varix.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Va·rix n.; pl. Varices
 1. Med. A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
 Note: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.
 2. Zool. One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
 Note:The varices usually indicate stages of growth, each one showing a former position of the outer lip of the aperture.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 varix
      n : abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic
          vessel
      [also: varices (pl)]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 varices
      See varix