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ANEURISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
Synonyms:
aneurism; aneurysm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
