varicose

1. 1.

   abnormally swollen or knotty

   “varicose veins”

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about varicose

What does varicose mean?

varicose means "abnormally swollen or knotty".

How many syllables are in varicose?

varicose has 3 syllables and divides as va-ri-cose under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is varicose a common word?

varicose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.