ANEURYSM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aneurysm mean? 

• ANEURYSM (noun)
  The noun ANEURYSM has 1 sense:

1. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

  Familiarity information: ANEURYSM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEURYSM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aneurism; aneurysm

Hypernyms ("aneurysm" is a kind of...):

cardiovascular disease (a disease of the heart or blood vessels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aneurysm"):

aortic aneurysm (an aneurysm of the aorta)

cerebral aneurysm (an aneurysm of the carotid artery)

intracranial aneurysm (an aneurysm of a cranial artery)

ventricular aneurysm (a localized dilation or protrusion on the wall of the left ventricle of the heart (occurring after a myocardial infarction))

Derivation:

aneurysmal; aneurysmatic (relating to or affected by an aneurysm)

 Context examples 

Thoracic aortic aneurysms - these occur in the part of the aorta running through the chest.

(Aortic Aneurysm, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Often aneurysms are found by chance during tests done for other reasons.

(Aneurysms, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

An angiogram may be used to check for an aneurysm (a bulge in a blood vessel wall), blockages in arteries, blood clots, or other problems, such as a tumor.

(Angiogram, NCI Dictionary)

Patients may develop brain aneurysms and liver cysts.

(Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment depends on the size and location of the aneurysm, whether it is infected, and whether it has burst.

(Brain Aneurysm, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

MRA may be used to check for aneurysms (a bulge in the blood vessel wall), blockages in the arteries, blood clots, and other blood vessel problems.

(MRA, NCI Dictionary)

The study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and death.

(Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, University of Cambridge)

"We would be able to tell if the aneurysm is occluding as it should, without using any imaging tools," Yeo said.

(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)

Solitary lesions of bone that typically cause a bulging of the overlying cortex bearing some resemblance to the saccular protrusion of the aortic wall in aortic aneurysm, hence the name.

(Aneurysmal Bone Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pathology involving the thoracic, thoracoabdominal, or abdominal aorta (including aneurysms).

(Aorta Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)