ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal aortic aneurysm mean? 

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

1. an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

AAA; abdominal aortic aneurysm

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

aortic aneurysm (an aneurysm of the aorta)

 Context examples 

Abdominal aortic aneurysms - these occur in the part of the aorta running through the abdomen.

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

Documented abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair or stent; 5.

(History of Peripheral Vascular Disease, NCI Thesaurus)