Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

varicosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vari-cos-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.

noun

A varicose vein.

noun

The tortuousness, and the degree thereof, of a set of varicose veins.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (“varicose vein”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: varicōsitās

Inflected Forms

varicosities (plural)

Derived Forms

intravaricosity

Phrases

rectal varicosity

Questions

What does varicosity mean?: An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
Where does varicosity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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