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ANEURISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aneurism mean? 

ANEURISM (noun)
  The noun ANEURISM has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ANEURISM (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 ("aneurism" is a kind of...):

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

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

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:

aneurismal; aneurismatic (relating to or affected by an aneurysm)


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