aneurysm

aneurysm

left: normal abdominal aorta

right: abdominal aortic aneurysm

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.

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[Middle English aneurisme, ultimately from Greek aneurusma, from aneurein, to dilate : ana-, throughout; see ana- + eurus, wide.]

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an′eu·rys′mal (-məl) adj.

aneurysm

(ˈænjəˌrɪzəm) or

aneurism

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

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.

an·eu·rysm

(ăn′yə-rĭz′əm)

A swelling in the wall of an artery or vein caused by disease or injury.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aneurysm - a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall aneurism cardiovascular 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)

Translations

Aneurysma

aneurisma

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.

aneurysm

n aneurisma m; abdominal aortic — aneurisma aórtico abdominal, aneurisma de aorta abdominal; dissecting — aneurisma disecante; mycotic — aneurisma micótico