English

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Etymology

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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

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varix (plural varices)

  1. (medicine) A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
  2. (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[1], page 31:
      In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.
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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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varix m or f (genitive varicis); third declension

  1. (medicine) a varicose vein

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative varix varicēs
Genitive varicis varicum
Dative varicī varicibus
Accusative varicem varicēs
Ablative varice varicibus
Vocative varix varicēs

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References

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  • 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)