Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Caused or characterized by an enlargement of a blood-vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Varicose.
- adjective a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein.
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- adjective medicine
varicose
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsos, "a dilated vein") + -oid.
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Examples
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In cases of arterial angioma (cirsoid aneurism) this method may be safely employed without the possibility of embolism.
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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There is a curious case reported 15.26 of cirsoid tumor of the ear of a boy of thirteen.
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There is a curious case reported of cirsoid tumor of the ear of a boy of thirteen.
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