an·eu·rysm

also an·eu·rism (ăn′yə-rĭz′əm)

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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Adj.

aneurysmal - relating to or affected by an aneurysm

aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmatic

Translations

an·eu·rys·mal

, aneurysmatic

a. aneurismal, rel. a un aneurisma.

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