aneurysm
IPA: ˈænjʊrˈisʌm
noun
- (pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
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Examples of "aneurysm" in Sentences
- Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm.
- After removing a large brain aneurysm.
- The cause of death was a brain aneurysm.
- The cause of death was a cardiac aneurysm.
- Classification of ruptured aneurysm severity.
- Many aneurysms are atherosclerotic in nature.
- Aneurysmal disease of the aorta and its branches.
- Her death was attributed to a previously undiagnosed brain aneurysm.
- Fusiform dolichoectatic aneurysms are another type of brain aneurysm.
- Most cerebral aneurysms are unobserved until they have already ruptured.
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