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MeSH Heading: Varicose Veins
Tree Number(s): C14.907.927
Unique ID: D014648
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014648
Annotation: assume to be of legs so do not coord with LEG; other sites: coord VARICOSE VEINS (IM) + organ /‌blood supply (IM), not organ/dis, as orbit varix = VARICOSE VEINS (IM) + ORBIT /‌blood supply (IM) (not ORBITAL DISEASES)
Scope Note: Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.
Entry Term(s): Varices; Varix
See Also: Esophageal and Gastric Varices; Sclerosing Solutions; Sclerotherapy
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Varicose Veins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025