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accent(2) (iou) and gastric varices (medicine)


accent(2) (iou)



accent verb. M16.
[Old French accenter, formed as ACCENT noun.]
verb intrans. (rare) & trans. Pronounce with accent or stress; emphasize; Music stress (a note etc.). M16.
J. Palsgrave I can not accent aryght in the latyn tonge. H. W. Fowler Accenting the last syllable in the adjective.
verb trans. Mark with written accents. M17.
verb trans. Pronounce, utter, intone. arch. M17.
Sir W. Scott These solemn sounds, accented by a thousand voices.
verb trans. = ACCENTUATE 3. M17.

gastric varices (medicine)


gastric varices
<radiology> Usually associated with oesophageal varices (due to portal hypertension), if WITHOUT oesophageal varices most likely to be consider splenic vein thrombosis due to: pancreatitis / panc carcinoma, increased clotting tendency (polycythemia, etc.) Differential diagnosis: thick gastric folds