(1) varicose veins radiating from the umbilicus, seen in Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome; (2) dilated ciliary arteries girdling the corneoscleral limbus in rubeosis iridis. SYN: Medusa head. [Medusa, G. myth. char.]
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