| varicose ulcer | Ulcer due to varicose veins. Chronic venous insufficiency in the deep veins of the legs leads to shunting the venous return into the superficial veins, in which pressure and flow rate, as well as oxygen content, are increased. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| varicose vein | <anatomy, surgery> An abnormal swelling and tortuosity especially of the superficial veins of the legs. (18 Nov 1997) |
| varicose veins | Permanent dilation and tortuosity of vein's, most commonly seen in the legs, probably as a result of congenitally incomplete valves; there is a predisposition to varicose vein's among persons in occupations requiring long periods of standing, and in pregnant women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicosis | A dilated or varicose state of a vein or veins. Origin: varico-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicosity | A varix or varicose condition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicotomy | An operation for varicose veins by subcutaneous incision. Origin: varico-+ G. Tome, a cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicula | A varicose condition of the veins of the conjunctiva. Synonym: conjunctival varix. Origin: L. Dim. Of varix (05 Mar 2000) |
| varicule | A small varicose vein ordinarily seen in the skin; may be associated with venous stars, venous lakes, or larger varicose veins. Origin: L. Varicula, dim. Of varix (05 Mar 2000) |
| variegate porphyria | Porphyria characterised by abdominal pain and neuropsychiatric abnormalities, by dermal sensitivity to light and mechanical trauma, by increased faecal excretion of proto-and coproporphyrin, and by increased urinary excretion of d-aminolevulinic acid, porphobilinogen, and porphyrins; due to a deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: protocoproporphyria hereditaria, South African type porphyria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| variety | <botany> A taxonomic rank below subspecies in botany, varieties are usually the result of selective breeding and diverge from the parent species or subspecies in relatively minor ways. (09 Oct 1997) |
| variola | <medicine> The smallpox. Origin: LL, fr. L. Varius various. See Various. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| variola benigna | <medicine> Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. Origin: Variola: cf. F. Varioloide. <medicine> The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Origin: Cf. F. Varioloide. See Varioloid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| variola haemorrhagica | A severe and frequently fatal form of smallpox accompanied by extravasation of blood into the skin in the early stage, or into the pustules at a later stage, accompanied often by nosebleed and haemorrhage from other orifices of the body. Synonym: fulminating smallpox, variola haemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| variola major | <disease, virology> This acute viral disease once claimed a high mortality rate, but was officially announced as globally eradicated in 1979. This was due to who vaccination programs. Headache, vomiting and fever precede, the eruption of a widespread rash that is raised, vesicular and finally pustular. The eruption follows a set pattern of dissemination, commencing on the head and face. When the final stage is passed scars (pockmarks) are left to disfigure the skin. (27 Sep 1997) |
| variola maligna | Malignant smallpox, usually of the haemorrhagic form. Synonym: malignant smallpox. Variola miliaris, a form of varioloid in which the eruption consists of miliary vesicles without the formation of pustules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| variola virus |
the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
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| variola minor |
alastrim: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
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| variolar |
relating to small pox
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| varix |
abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel
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| varicose aneurysm |
an aneurysm in which the artery communicates with contiguous veins by means of an intervening sac.
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| vari | the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north |
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| vari | an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus |
| vari | the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox |
| vari | resembling the rash of chickenpox |
| vari | dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes |
| vari | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly |
| vari | having a variety of colors |
| vari | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly |
| vari | having a variety of colors |
| vari | abnormally swollen or knotty |
| vari | a vein that is permanently dilated |
| vari | pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins |