Definition of aneurysm in English:
aneurysm
(also aneurism)
nounˈanjʊrɪz(ə)mˈænjəˌrɪzəm
Medicine An excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery.
Example sentencesExamples
- Your doctor can measure pulses at points around your body to check for a variety of problems, including aneurysms and narrowed arteries.
- The increasing swelling of an aneurysm of the aorta may press on the spine and chest organs.
- In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture.
- An aneurysm is a swelling in part of an artery caused by damage to, or weakness of, a blood vessel wall.
- For instance, if the aneurysm involves the arteries to the kidneys then surgeons need this information if they plan to operate.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Greek aneurusma 'dilatation', from aneurunein 'widen out'.
Definition of aneurysm in US English:
aneurysm
(also aneurism)
nounˈænjəˌrɪzəmˈanyəˌrizəm
Medicine An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.
Example sentencesExamples
- In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture.
- An aneurysm is a swelling in part of an artery caused by damage to, or weakness of, a blood vessel wall.
- Your doctor can measure pulses at points around your body to check for a variety of problems, including aneurysms and narrowed arteries.
- The increasing swelling of an aneurysm of the aorta may press on the spine and chest organs.
- For instance, if the aneurysm involves the arteries to the kidneys then surgeons need this information if they plan to operate.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Greek aneurusma ‘dilatation’, from aneurunein ‘widen out’.