[f. L. varic-, stem of varix VARIX.]
† 1. Path. Varicose condition or formation. Obs.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VIII. 290. Cutting a Sinus in two places, where the varication begins, and where it ends.
2. Zool. The formation of a varix or varices in a shell; the form or arrangement of these.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
