tortuosity

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This necessarily causes a tortuosity of the vessel which can be easily seen in such arteries as the temporals, brachials, radials, and other arteries near the surface of the skin.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

He who cheats his neighbour believes in tortuosity, and, as Carlyle says, has the Supreme Quack for his God.

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir

It is this last characteristic that imparts real value to Dunton's book, and makes it, despite its verbiage and tortuosity, throb with human interest.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

Varix, vā′riks, n. abnormal dilatation or tortuosity of a vein:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

No description could exaggerate the tortuosity of the Linggi or the abruptness of its windings.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)