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单词 varix
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Definition of varix in English:

varix

nounPlural varices ˈvɛːrɪksˈvɛrɪks

  • 1Medicine
    A varicose vein.

    〔医〕静脉曲张

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Health results include varices (enlarged tortuous veins) at the lower end of the esophagus that can bleed severely.
    • This dominant hepatic fibrosis with minimal renal involvement leads to portal hypertension and varices.
    • Portal hypertension with bleeding varices is a serious complication of cirrhosis that can be treated surgically and with drug therapy.
    • When these vessels form in the distal esophagus and stomach, the usually small rudimentary left gastric vein dilates and varices develop.
    • Computed tomographic scan showed a cirrhotic liver with gastric and esophageal varices and mild ascites.

  • 2Zoology
    Each of the ridges on the shell of a gastropod mollusc, marking a former position of the aperture.

    〔动〕（贝壳螺层隆起的）髻冠

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Laevistrombus, however, has a different shell form with a smooth rounded shoulder and varices on early whorls, characters not known for Austrombus.
    • Alamirifica corona differs considerably from Echinobathra by not having protruding, very thick varices nor tabulate whorls.
    • The new species differs from Stoliczka's species by having fine spiral ribbing and an absence of slight varices preceded by a deep furrow.
    • The apertural face of the varix of Alamirifica lacks the external ribs and has growth lines suggesting that a flared outer lip has been filled by successive layers that narrow the aperture.
    • The outer lip of Falsilatirus forms a terminal varix that slightly ascends the spire, as in other Pisaniinae.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin.

Definition of varix in US English:

varix

nounˈveriksˈvɛrɪks

  • 1Medicine
    A varicose vein.

    〔医〕静脉曲张

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Health results include varices (enlarged tortuous veins) at the lower end of the esophagus that can bleed severely.
    • This dominant hepatic fibrosis with minimal renal involvement leads to portal hypertension and varices.
    • When these vessels form in the distal esophagus and stomach, the usually small rudimentary left gastric vein dilates and varices develop.
    • Computed tomographic scan showed a cirrhotic liver with gastric and esophageal varices and mild ascites.
    • Portal hypertension with bleeding varices is a serious complication of cirrhosis that can be treated surgically and with drug therapy.

  • 2Zoology
    Each of the ridges on the shell of a gastropod mollusk, marking a former position of the aperture.

    〔动〕（贝壳螺层隆起的）髻冠

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Alamirifica corona differs considerably from Echinobathra by not having protruding, very thick varices nor tabulate whorls.
    • Laevistrombus, however, has a different shell form with a smooth rounded shoulder and varices on early whorls, characters not known for Austrombus.
    • The apertural face of the varix of Alamirifica lacks the external ribs and has growth lines suggesting that a flared outer lip has been filled by successive layers that narrow the aperture.
    • The new species differs from Stoliczka's species by having fine spiral ribbing and an absence of slight varices preceded by a deep furrow.
    • The outer lip of Falsilatirus forms a terminal varix that slightly ascends the spire, as in other Pisaniinae.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin.
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