See Also: Chronic Venous Insufficiency(health)
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insufficiency(dictionary)
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pancreatic insufficiency(medicine)

parting (iou) and Chronic Venous Insufficiency (health)


parting (iou)



parting noun. LME.
[from PART verb + -ING1.]
The action of PART verb; an instance of this; spec. (a) leave-taking; (a) departure. LME.
B. Jowett I said..a few words to the boys at parting. F. Raphael There were painful partings with his devoted..servants. attrib.: D. Leavitt He casts a parting glance at Elaine.
A place where things part or are parted. Freq. in the parting of the ways. LME.
b. A line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side. Cf. PART noun 15. L17.
A thing which separates things or keeps them separate. Chiefly techn. E18.
Nature The dominant rock..is..a thick-bedded lithia greywacke with thin silty or shaly partings.
Comb.: parting shot a remark delivered by a person at the moment of departure (cf. PARTHIAN adjective 2); parting tool any of various tools used for separating pieces of material or for trimming, cutting fine outlines, etc.

Chronic Venous Insufficiency (health)


Damaged valves in the veins or a blood clot in the leg may cause ongoing swelling, blood pooling in the legs, and if untreated, discomfort and ulceration.