CIRSOID

Etymology

Adjective

cirsoid (not comparable)

(medicine) varicose

Anagrams

• soricid

Source: Wiktionary


Cir"soid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Med.)

Definition: Varicose. Cirsoid aneurism, a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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