Varix

Definition: Varix

Varix

Noun

1. Abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.

Etymology: Varix \Va"rix\, noun; plural Varices. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

"Varix" is a common misspelling or typo for: aria, arid, vain, valid, vapid, vary, vatic, very.

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	An enlarged, dilated, and tortuous venous channel. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Varix

English words defined with "varix": Varices, Variciform, varicosity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "varix": esophageal varix ♦ oesophageal varix. (references)

Etymologies containing "varix": Varicose, Varicosis, Varicotomy. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Varix" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (varicose vein), German (varicose vein), Turkish (arrival).

"Varix" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Varix" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Expressions using "varix": esophageal varix ♦ oesophageal varix. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "varix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		разширена вена, разширена артерия. (various references)

Czech		žilní mìstky. (various references)

Danish		varix (varicose vein), varice, aareknude (varicose vein), åreknude. (various references)

Dutch		varix (varicose vein), spatader (varicose vein). (various references)

Finnish		varices oesophagi (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix), silmäkuopan suonikohju (orbital varix), ruokatorven suonikohjut (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix), ruokatorven laskimonlaajentumat (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix), laskimon laajentuma (orbital varix). (various references)

French		varice (varicose vein, varicosity). (various references)

German		Venenknoten, Varize, Varixknoten, Varix (varicose vein), Krampfaderknoten, Krampfader (varicose, varicose vein, varicosity). (various references)

Greek		κιρσόσ ιατρική. (various references)

Hebrew		�"לית. (various references)

Italian		varice (varicose vein, varicosity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		静脈瘤 (a varix). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じょうみゃくりゅう (a varix). (various references)

Pig Latin		arixvay

Spanish		variz orbitaria (orbital varix), variz esofágica (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix), varice orbitaria (orbital varix), varice esofágica (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix), várice orbitaria (orbital varix), várice esofágica (esophageal varicose vein, esophageal varix, oesophageal varix). (various references)

Swedish		åderbråck (varicose vein). (various references)

Turkish		varis (devisee, heir, heiress, heritor, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, successor, survivor, varicose vein, varicosis, varicosity). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "varix" (pronounced 'Va"rix'): Directrix, Relatrix, Tractrix. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-r-v-x"
	-1 letter: vair.
	-2 letters: air, rax, ria, var, via.
	-3 letters: ai, ar, ax, xi.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-r-v-x"
	+3 letters: aviatrix, vexillar.
	+4 letters: myxoviral.
	+5 letters: aviatrixes, execrative, extractive, overtaxing.
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