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Aneurysm

//ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm// noun

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Noun

1
An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
"About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added."
2
a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).

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