AORTIC ANEURYSM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aortic aneurysm mean? 

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

1. an aneurysm of the aorta

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORTIC ANEURYSM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aneurysm of the aorta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

aneurism; aneurysm (a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall)

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

AAA; abdominal aortic aneurysm (an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension)

 Context examples 

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)

Chest injuries and disorders include: • Heart diseases • Lung diseases and collapsed lung • Pleural disorders • Esophagus disorders • Broken ribs • Thoracic aortic aneurysms • Disorders of the mediastinum, the space between the lungs, breastbone, and spine

(Chest Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

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)

This is defined as any one of the following: Claudication, either with exertion or at rest, amputation for arterial vascular insufficiency, vascular reconstruction, bypass surgery, or percutaneous intervention to the extremities, documented aortic aneurysm with or without repair, vascular angiography demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel, positive noninvasive test for peripheral arterial disease, including an ankle-brachial index less than or equal to 0.9, ultrasound, magnetic resonance or computed tomography imaging demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Mutations of this gene predispose patients to a variety of diffuse and diverse vascular diseases, including premature onset coronary artery disease, premature ischemic strokes, familial aortic aneurysm thoracic type 6, Moyamoya disease type 5 and multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome.

(ACTA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alcohol consumption was associated with a higher risk of stroke, heart failure, fatal aortic aneurysms, fatal hypertensive disease and heart failure and there were no clear thresholds where drinking less did not have a benefit.

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

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

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

There are two types of aortic aneurysm.

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