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Venous Insufficiency

Medical Definition: Inadequacy of the venous valves and impairment of venous return (venous stasis) usually from the legs, often with edema and sometimes with stasis ulcers at the ankle.
Guide Notes: GEN or unspecified but usually of the legs; coord IM with specific vein (IM) or organ /blood supply (IM) if pertinent
Previously Indexed: Vascular Diseases (1966-1972)

Venous Insufficiency Medical Definitions and Terms

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