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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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aneurysm
(ˈænjəˌrɪzəm) oraneurism
n
(Medicine) a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
[C15: from Greek aneurusma, from aneurunein to dilate, from eurunein to widen]
ˌaneuˈrysmal, ˌaneuˈrismal, ˌaneurysˈmatic, ˌaneurisˈmatic adj
ˌaneuˈrysmally, ˌaneuˈrismally, ˌaneurysˈmatically, ˌaneurisˈmatically adv
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an•eu•rysm
or an•eu•rism
(ˈæn yəˌrɪz əm)n.
a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usu. caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
[1650–60; < Greek aneúrysma dilation, derivative (with -(s)ma n. suffix of result) of aneurýnein to dilate (see an-3, eury-)]
an`eu•rys′mal, an`eu•ris′mal, adj.
an`eu•rys′mal•ly, an`eu•ris′mal•ly, adv.
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an·eu·rysm
(ăn′yə-rĭz′əm) A swelling in the wall of an artery or vein caused by disease or injury.
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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. |  aneurysm - 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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an·eu·rysm
n. aneurisma, dilatación de una porción de la pared de una arteria;
aortic ___ → ___ aórtico;
berry ___ → ___ cerebral saculado;
cerebral ___ → ___ cerebral;
dissecting ___ → ___ disecante;
false ___ → ___ falso;
fusiform ___ → ___ fusiforme;
true ___ → ___verdadero.
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aneurysm
n aneurisma m; abdominal aortic — aneurisma aórtico abdominal, aneurisma de aorta abdominal; dissecting — aneurisma disecante; mycotic — aneurisma micóticoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.