Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.
Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages, and the like.
adj. varicosus = like a twisted vein, from L. varix (-ices) = a twisted vein.
Swollen, distended and knotted veins. May also pertain to varices.
Swollen, enlarged, abnormally dilated.
(L. varicosus: with varices) adj. Swollen or enlarged in places.
abnormally swollen or knotty; "varicose veins"
Unnaturally and permanently distended; usually refers to veins.
pertaining to varices; distended, swollen, knotted veins.
Pertaining to an unnatural swelling, as in the case of varicose veins.
Varicose means unnaturally and permanently distended, as of a vein. VEGETATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM Vegetative refers to involuntary processes which help an organism to grow and remain alive. Edgar Cayce used this term when referring to the vegetative functions of the sympathetic nervous system.