varicose vein

1. 1.

   a vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs

   Broaderveinvaricosity

Questions about varicose vein

What does varicose vein mean?

varicose vein means "a vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs".

Is varicose vein a common word?

varicose vein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.