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Varicose

adjective
1.
Abnormally swollen or knotty.



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"Varicose" Quotes from Famous Books



... the shanks (12) ought to be thick, being as they are the columns on which the body rests; thick in themselves, that is, not puffed out with veins or flesh; or else in riding over hard ground they will inevitably be surcharged with blood, and varicose conditions be set up, (13) the legs becoming thick and puffy, whilst the skin recedes; and with this loosening of the skin the back sinew (14) is very apt to start and render the ...
— On Horsemanship • Xenophon
... dies, they will hang Otto," she said. "And then what will poor Hilda do? She has varicose veins in both legs, and she never can stand on her feet all day an' work for wages. And me, I cannot help. Ain't Carl ...
— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London


Words linked to "Varicose" :   unhealthy, varicose vein, varicosity


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