venous insufficiency

venous insufficiency
inadequacy of the venous valves and impairment of venous return from the lower limbs (venous stasis), usually characterized by edema, warmth, and erythema, particularly of the lower third of the extremity; chronic insufficiency leads to stasis ulcers of the ankle or over the medial malleolus. Called also primary valvular incompetence and valvular incompetence.

Chronic venous insufficiency.


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