aneurysmal
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- adjective
- /ˌæn.jəˈrɪz.məl/
- Specialized
- Doctors discovered an aneurysmal bulge in the patient's artery during the examination.
- aneurysmal bone cyst
- aneurysmal bone
Examples
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Aortic root disease, leading to aneurysmal dilatation, aortic regurgitation, and dissection, is the major cause of morbidity in Marfan syndrome.
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Angiography of the right internal and external carotid arteries excluded aneurysmal dilation and a vascular tumor.
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Aneurysmal bone cyst.
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On MRI, aneurysmal bone cysts are usually not homogeneous and are characterized by a high signal intensity.
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Aneurysmal bone cyst of the temporal bone is exceedingly rare, as only 10 cases have been reported in the literature.
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Aneurysmal bone cyst is another non-neoplastic reparative process with a giant-cell component.
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After all, she was a doctor; let's use the proper terminology here. You can say it, "c-o-m-a," coma, short for comatose, anoxic brain injury in addition to the berry aneurysmal bleed; that a girl, after all.
Fiction book (2000) -
In addition, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with Alzheimer's disease affects patient prognosis and the occurrence of various complications (44).
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According to Hanley's diagnostic criteria, the atrial septum is considered to be aneurysmal when a dilated segment protrudes at least 15 mm beyond the level surface of the atrial septum.
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The patient was diagnosed with an aneurysmal condition that required immediate medical attention.
Synonyms
Having a weak, bulging part of a blood vessel that may burst
Relating to a weak bulge in a blood vessel that can burst
Relating to a weak bulge in a blood vessel that can burst
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aneurysmal comes from aneurysm, a medical word from Greek made from ana- 'up' and eurys 'wide', so it originally meant 'a widening'. So aneurysmal describes a blood vessel with a 'balloon-like' wide spot, which is why it means 'relating to an aneurysm'.