aneurysm
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- noun
- /ˈæn.jə.rɪz.əm/
- Specialized
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aneurisma
- After suffering severe headaches, she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.
- aortic aneurysm
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- ruptured aneurysm
And do you have an aneurysm anywhere that's been diagnosed?
- And do you have an aneurysm anywhere that's been diagnosed?
- And look, I actually lost my daughter five years ago to this day from a brain aneurysm.
- And they can treat some of the hemorrhagic problems like aneurysms by deploying thrombogenic coils there over new devices.
- something to do with an aneurysm, things like that.
- Got home, Mum was like she had an aneurysm as well so she was pretty I'll.
- And my brother, they go and get it checked out because they're worried about Vertigo and they have an incidental finding where the guy has an intact aneurysm.
Examples
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He actually had a brain aneurysm at home.
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It's been five months since the aneurysm that took her 14-year-old son's life.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now this is what it's like to get funding for aneurysm research in Australia.
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Is this what an aneurysm looks like?
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But, yeah, um, the doctor said that she had a brain aneurysm.
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And do you have an aneurysm anywhere that's been diagnosed?
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I felt this sort of sudden pain in my abdomen, and it was my, the aneurysm I didn't know I had.
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The strain of the contractions and the pushing caused the aneurysm to rupture.
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The pressure the aneurysm had exerted on the brain had also stimulated the seizures.
Fiction book (1998) -
The doctor explained that an aneurysm can be very dangerous if it bursts.
Synonyms
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A bulge in the wall of the body's main artery from the heart that can burst
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A bulge in the wall of a blood vessel caused by weakness
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A dangerous bulge in the main blood vessel in the belly that can burst
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A weak bulge in a brain artery that can burst and cause bleeding
An artery that becomes wider than normal
A blood vessel from the heart that becomes wider than normal and has weaker walls
A weak area in an artery inside the skull that bulges and can bleed
A bulge in the left lower chamber wall of the heart after a heart attack
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
A bulge in the wall of the body's main artery from the heart that can burst
- Specialized
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6.7
A weak bulge in a brain artery that can burst and cause bleeding
- Specialized
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5.8
A dangerous bulge in the main blood vessel in the belly that can burst
- Specialized
A weak area in an artery inside the skull that bulges and can bleed
- Specialized
A bulge in the left lower chamber wall of the heart after a heart attack
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aneurysm comes from Greek parts ana- ('up') and eurys ('wide'), so the name means a 'widening'. That's why an aneurysm is a dangerous, sac-like widening of an artery when the wall becomes weak.