Definition of Cirsoid

1. a. Varicose.

Definition of Cirsoid

1. varicose [adj] - See also: varicose

Medical Definition of Cirsoid

1. Synonym: variciform. Origin: G. Kirsos, varix, + eidos, appearance (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirsoid

cirrocumuli
cirrocumulus
cirrocumulus cloud
cirrose
cirrostrati
cirrostratus
cirrostratus cloud
cirrous
cirrus
cirrus cloud
cirruses
cirsectomy
cirsoceles
cirsodesis
cirsoid (current term)
cirsomphalos
cirsophthalmia
cirsotome
cirsotomy
cirurgical
cis-
cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase
cis-Atlantic
cis-aconitic acid
cis-acting
cis-acting locus
cis-acting protein

Literary usage of Cirsoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"... on transfusion performed on dogs and rabbits, and their influence on fever.—Brit. Med. Journ., May 9, 1874. 37. cirsoid Aneurism treated by Injection of ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1886)
"The apparent rarity of this abnormality, and the curious effect which it has in producing a cirsoid dilatation of the vessels in connection with the ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1887)
"SPONTANEOUS CURE OF cirsoid ... HV FERREL, of Carterville, 111., reports a case of spontaneous cure of cirsoid aneurysm. " The patient, aged twenty, ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1870)
"... former paper j but for cirsoid aneurism, for some not amenable to compression, and probably for such as the gluteal and sciatic, it is an admirable mode ..."

5. General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, in Fifty Lectures by Theodor Billroth (1890)
"The diagnosis of cirsoid aneurism is very simple, if, as is usually the case, it lies just under the skin; it has been found more deeply seated, ..."

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