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Varicose vein

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009173

A condition in which a vein, most often in the legs, becomes permanently enlarged, twisted, and painful. This may be caused by valves in the vein that don’t work properly or by weakness in the vein walls.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009173
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009173",
  "term": "Varicose vein",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A condition in which a vein, most often in the legs, becomes permanently enlarged, twisted, and painful. This may be caused by valves in the vein that don’t work properly or by weakness in the vein walls.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/varicose-vein/"
}

Record 17,121 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.