Pseudoaneurysm

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.

    "One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over."

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"One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over."

Etymology

From pseudo- + aneurysm.

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