Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Varicella

Var′i‐cel″la (?), n. [NL., dim. of LL. variola smallpox.] (Med.) Chicken pox.

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Varices

‖Var″i‐ces (?), n. pl. See Varix.

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Variciform

Va‐ric″i‐form (?), a. [Varix + -form.] (Med.) Resembling a varix.

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Varicocele

Var″i‐co‐cele (?), n. [Varix a dilated vein + Gr. � tumor: cf. F. varicocèle.] (Med.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the ...

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Varicose

Var″i‐cose′ (?; 277), a. [L. varicosus, from varix, -icis, a dilated vein; cf. varus bent, stretched, crooked.] 1. Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing,...

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Varicosis

‖Var′i‐cos″is (?), n. [NL. See Varix, and -osis.] (Med.) The formation of varices; varicosity.

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Varicosity

Var′i‐cos″i‐ty (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being varicose.2. An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.

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Varicotomy

Var′i‐cot″o‐my (?), n. [See Varix; -tomy.] (Surg.) Excision of a varicosity.

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Varicous

Var″i‐cous (?), a. Varicose.

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Varied

Va″ried (?), a. Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery. — Va″ried‐ly, adv.The varied fields of science, ever new. Cowper.

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Variegate

Va″ri‐e‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Variegated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Variegating.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See Vari...

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Variegated

Va″ri‐e‐ga′ted (?), a. Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.Ladies like variegated tulips show. Pope.

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Variegation

Va′ri‐e‐ga″tion (?), n. The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.

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Varier

Va″ri‐er (?), n. [From Vary.] A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.Pious variers from the church. Tennyson.

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Varietal

Va‐ri″e‐tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.Perplexed in determining what d...

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Varietas

‖Va‐ri″e‐tas (?), n. A variety; — used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.

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Variety

Va‐ri″e‐ty (?), n.; pl.Varieties (#). [L. varietas: cf. F. variété. See Various.] 1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diver...

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Variety (2)

Va‐ri″e‐ty, n.(Theaters) Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.

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Variety show

Variety show. A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specia...

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Variform

Va″ri‐form (?), a. [L. varius various + -form.] Having different shapes or forms.

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Variformed

Va″ri‐formed (?), a. Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.

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Varify

Va″ri‐fy (?), v. t. [L. varius various + -fy.] To make different; to vary; to variegate. Sylvester.

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Variola

Va‐ri″o‐la (?), n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See Various.] (Med.) The smallpox.

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Variolar

Va‐ri″o‐lar (?), a.(Med.) Variolous.

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Variolation

Va′ri‐o‐la″tion (?), n.(Med.) Inoculation with smallpox.

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Variole

Va″ri‐ole (?), n. [Cf. F. variole smallpox. See Variola.] 1. A foveola.2. (Geol.) A spherule of a variolite.

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Variolic

Va′ri‐ol″ic (?), a.(Med.) Variolous.