AORTIC ANEURYSM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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)

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