aneurysm
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aneurysm /ˈanjʊrɪz(ə)m/ (also aneurism)
▶noun Medicine an excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery.
– derivatives
aneurysmal adjective.
aneurysmal adjective.
– origin ME: from Gk aneurusma ‘dilatation’.
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