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an·eu·rysm
also an·eu·rism (ăn′yə-rĭz′əm)n.
An abnormal, blood-filled sac formed by dilation of the wall of a blood vessel or heart ventricle, most commonly the abdominal aorta and intracranial arteries, resulting from disease or trauma to the wall, as in atherosclerosis.
[Middle English aneurisme, ultimately from Greek aneurusma, from aneurein, to dilate : ana-, throughout; see ana- + eurus, wide.]
an′eu·rys′mal (-məl) adj.
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aneurism, aneurysm
a disease of the artery wall that causes a localized dilatation of the artery and a pulsating tumor.
See also: Blood and Blood Vessels-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  aneurism - a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wallcardiovascular disease - a disease of the heart or blood vessels aortic aneurysm - an aneurysm of the aorta cerebral aneurysm - an aneurysm of the carotid artery intracranial aneurysm - an aneurysm of a cranial artery ventricular aneurysm - a localized dilation or protrusion on the wall of the left ventricle of the heart (occurring after a myocardial infarction) |
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