aneurysm
nounUK /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/ · US /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).
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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
- About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.2023 September 14, “France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- aneurysmal, aneurysmatic, aneurysmectomy, aneurysmorrhaphy, macroaneurysm, microaneurysm, mycotic aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm