Pseudoaneurysm
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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