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Definition: Varicosis |
VaricosisNoun1. Pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Varicosis \Var`i*cos"is\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Varix, and -osis.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
varicosis | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "varicosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hebrew | ×"ליות. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aricosisvay.(various references) | |
Turkish | varis (devisee, heir, heiress, heritor, inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix, successor, survivor, varicose vein, varicosity, varix). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "varicosis" (pronounced 'Var`i*cos"is'): Apodixis, Brewis, Cadis, Calisthenis, Camis, Clevis, Crevis, Dais, Deis, Elaeis, Endeixis, Epiplexis, Epistaxis, Epizeuxis, Heteronereis, Homotaxis, Interaxis, Keratonyxis, Nais, Neuraxis, Parasynaxis, Parataxis, Praxis, Procatarxis, Prophylaxis, Ptyxis, Rhizotaxis, Semiaxis, Synaxis, Syntaxis, Tamis, Thermotaxis, Thigmotaxis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-o-r-s-s-v" | |
-2 letters: ovisacs, saviors, virosis. | |
-3 letters: across, ariosi, avisos, crasis, crisis, crissa, ovisac, savior, savors, scoria, vicars, visors. | |
-4 letters: arsis, arvos, aviso, coirs, coria, crass, cross, oasis, orcas, ossia, saris, saros, savor, scars, soars, soras, vairs, vicar, visas, visor. | |
-5 letters: airs, arco, arcs, arvo, asci, avos, cars, ciao, coir, cors, coss, cris, iris, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, osar, ossa, rias, rocs, sacs, sari, scar, sics, sirs, soar, sora, sori, sris, vacs, vair, vars, visa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-o-r-s-s-v" | |
+3 letters: varicosities. | |
+4 letters: eviscerations, vicariousness. | |
+5 letters: anticorrosives, avariciousness, clavichordists, comparativists, corporativisms, overclassified, overclassifies, picornaviruses, provincialisms, provincialists, versifications. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 72 69 63 6F 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-. .. -.-. --- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a r i c o s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0072 0069 0063 006F 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)566784756981857585 |
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