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varicose.

Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈvæɹ.ɪ.kəʊs/UK/ˈvɛɹ.ə.koʊs/US
  1. Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.

    usually
Where this word comes from

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”).

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