Definition of "varices" []

• Plural of varix. (noun)

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• ""The term varices," he says, "is applied to dilated veins, which occur sometimes in connection with the testes and sometimes in the limbs."
• "Finally, your doctor may find that autoimmune hepatitis is the cause of your already well-established case of cirrhosis (liver scarring) and its complications, such as fluid in the abdomen (ascites) or bleeding from prominent veins called varices in your esophagus."
• "If you have both chronic HDV and chronic HBV infection, and these infections have caused cirrhosis, you also may have serious complications of that condition, including a swollen, fluid-filled abdomen ascites and swollen, engorged veins called varices in your esophagus."