varix
English
Etymology
Via Middle English varix from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
Noun
varix (plural varices)
- (medicine) A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
- (zoology) In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.
- 1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells, page 31:
- In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.
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Related terms
- variceal
Translations
varicose vein
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Anagrams
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“highland, high”). See also varus, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”) and Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.riks/, [ˈu̯ärɪks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.riks/, [ˈväːriks]
Noun
varix m or f (genitive varicis); third declension
- (medicine) a varicose vein
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | varix | varicēs |
| Genitive | varicis | varicum |
| Dative | varicī | varicibus |
| Accusative | varicem | varicēs |
| Ablative | varice | varicibus |
| Vocative | varix | varicēs |
Derived terms
- varicōsus
- varicula
Descendants
- Catalan: variu, variça
- French: varice
- Galician: variz
- Italian: varice
- Portuguese: variz
- Spanish: variz, várice, varice
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)