intravariceal
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intravariceal (not comparable)
- (anatomy, medicine) Within a varix; usually with reference to an esophageal varix.
- 2010, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, “Intravariceal injection”, in SAGES Image Library[1], retrieved 2021-01-20:
- In intravariceal injection, the sclerosant is injected directly into the varix. In paravariceal injection, sclerosant is injected in the surrounding tissues.