See Also: cirsoid(medicine)
cirsoid(dictionary)
cirsoid aneurysm(medicine)
cirsoid varix(medicine)
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Bluff(casino)
bluff(3)(dictionary)
bluff(2)(dictionary)
bluff(1)(dictionary)

cirsoid varix (medicine) and bluff(3) (iou)


cirsoid varix (medicine)


cirsoid varix -->
cirsoid aneurysm
Dilation of a group of blood vessels owing to congenital malformation with arteriovenous shunting.

Synonym: cirsoid varix, racemose aneurysm, racemose haemangioma.


bluff(3) (iou)



bluff noun2. L18.
[Prob. from the verb, to which it is certainly related, but perh. earlier.]
A blinker for a horse. Now obsolete or dial. L18.
The game of Poker; the action or an act of bluffing, orig. in Poker; threatening or confident language or behaviour adopted without basis, in order to intimidate or mislead an opponent. Orig. US. M19.
call someone's bluff challenge or invite a showdown with someone believed to be bluffing. double bluff: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb.
C. Connolly I learnt that sulking, crying, moping, and malingering were bluffs that paid. A. Wilson There's a lot of bluff goes with this act; he knows nothing about brandy.