"The term varices," he says, "is applied to dilated veins, which occur sometimes in connection with the testes and sometimes in the limbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference

The conditions of his death sound like the condition of esophageal varices, which is something that occurs to people who have been lifelong alcoholics or heavy drinkers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Playing God: Seven Fateful Moments When Great Men Met to Change the World] Reference

In maniacal affections, if varices or hemorrhoids come on, they remove the mania.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aphorisms] Reference

It, in fact, converted these cases from arterio-venous aneurisms into pure aneurismal varices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

Si melancholicis haemorroides supervenerint varices, vel ut quibusdam placet, aqua inter cutem, solvilur malum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

Every variety of traumatic aneurism was met with, and most frequently of all, perhaps, aneurismal varices and varicose aneurisms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

These suggestions seem borne out by the cases recounted below, since the pure varices are one femoral, one popliteal, and one axillary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

Persons who have become bald are not subject to large varices; but should varices supervene upon persons who are bald, their hair again grows thick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aphorisms] Reference

And in some women the like happens owing to their suffering from varices, when the fluids issue from the pelvic region before entering into the womb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Animals] Reference

The five upper whirls have varices in both species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference

Gastroesophageal varices are present in almost half of patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Gastric varices (GV) are an important complication of portal hypertension.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

A species approaching Havstellum in its almost entirely non-spinous varices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

These latter are almost as prominent and noticeable as the varices of Triton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

Banding - a small band is placed around the base of the varices to control bleeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

The balloon is inflated; this places pressure on the varices and stops the bleeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Crossing both the varices and interspaces, below the angle, there are a few small revolving ribs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

This reduces pressure - pressure which was causing the varices. antibiotics, and some other treatments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

EUS-guided injection of cyanoacrylate in perforating feeding veins in gastric varices: results in 5 cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Operations on testicular varices patients do not readily consent to; those on the limbs may be cured in several ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages] Reference

Its straight canal, larger than the preceding, and the few spines on the varices serve to distin - guish it from the preceding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

This slowed blood flow can lead to the development of severely enlarged esophageal veins (varices) in the gastrointestinal system.    From Wordnik.com.  [DWS Pill Scribe] Reference

In particular, the presence of esophageal varices may contraindicate prophylaxis as it is associated with postoperative hemorrhage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

These enlarged veins, called esophageal varices, are thin and can break open, resulting in serious, and potentially fatal, bleeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

The doctor sees the inside of the stomach on a screen, and looks out for swollen blood vessels (varices); a hallmark sign of cirrhosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Of all the days to wear your new, comfortable, slip-on, fabric shoes to work, the day that an alcoholic presents with ruptured varices is not the best day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Respiratory Therapy 101: Just Keep Breathing] Reference

Eighty-six patients with GV diagnosed by endoscopy were selected and classified into three types according to the location of esophageal varices (EV) and GV.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

As for gastroesophageal varices type 1, the afferent vein of the GV mainly originated from the LGV and the efferent veins were mainly via the azygos vein to the super vena cava.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

As it is, he’s just been diagnosed with varices in his lower esophagus and is being put on a beta-blocker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nominee for the Reckless Award | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Her cirrhosis has been complicated by esophageal varices, encephalopathy, and refractory ascites. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

"The strength of EVL lies in its ability to obliterate varices, but portal pressure may be elevated after repeated procedures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

If varices appear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

> The initial presentation even in the young may be with bleeding oesophageal varices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

 Bleeding varices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference