aneurysm Definition
aneu·rysm (an′yo̵̅o̅ riz′əm, -yə-)
noun
a sac formed by local enlargement of the weakened wall of an artery, a vein, or the heart, caused by disease or injury
Etymology: ModL aneurisma < Gr aneurysma < ana-, up + eurys, broad: see eury-
aneurysm Related Forms
an′eu·rys′·mal adjective or an′eu·ris′·mal--riz′məl
aneurysm Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dissect: The majority of people with an untreated dissecting aneurysm will die within a few weeks.
- leak: The on-table mortality is about 1 % compared with about 25 % for a leaking aneurysm.
- treat: The advisors suggested that at present very few centers in the United Kingdom are able to treat ruptured aneurysms by EVAR.
- suffer: The diagnosis was that I had suffered a cerebral aneurysm.
- repair: It is questionable whether any patient of 90 years or over should have a ruptured aortic aneurysm repaired.
- call: The most severe form causes weakness of the major blood vessels, which may swell ( the swelling is called an aneurysm ).
Adjective modifier
- aortic: Do you really think a mere ruptured aortic aneurysm is a good enough excuse to endanger Freedom?
- unruptured: The length of stay in hospital depends on whether the treatment by coiling has been for a ruptured or unruptured aneurysm.
- ruptured: Do you really think a mere ruptured aortic aneurysm is a good enough excuse to endanger Freedom?
- intracranial: SAH, mostly due to rupture of an intracranial aneurysm, accounts for a quarter of cerebrovascular deaths.
- abdominal: The risk of death from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is about 50 per cent, even during operation.
- infrarenal: CRD summary This review assessed elective endovascular aneurysm repair in the management of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Modifies a noun
- sac: A high velocity jet from the feeding artery enters the aneurysm sac during systole.
- rupture: The risk of aneurysm rupture is related to aortic diameter.
- repair: The mortality of elective aneurysm repair is about 5 % .
- diameter: Indications for surgery were aneurysm diameter of 5.5cm, expansion of 1cm per year or symptoms.
- clip: Do you have an aneurysm clip in your brain following a brain hemorrhage?
- surgery: Customized implants for aneurysm surgery are already approved for clinical use.
Noun used with modifier
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