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单词 aneurysm
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Definition of aneurysm in English:

aneurysm

(also aneurism)
nounˈanjʊrɪz(ə)mˈænjəˌrɪzəm
Medicine
  • An excessive localized swelling of the wall of an artery.

    〔医〕动脉瘤

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your doctor can measure pulses at points around your body to check for a variety of problems, including aneurysms and narrowed arteries.
    • The increasing swelling of an aneurysm of the aorta may press on the spine and chest organs.
    • In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture.
    • An aneurysm is a swelling in part of an artery caused by damage to, or weakness of, a blood vessel wall.
    • For instance, if the aneurysm involves the arteries to the kidneys then surgeons need this information if they plan to operate.

Derivatives

  • aneurysmal

  • adjectiveanjʊˈrɪzm(ə)lˈænjəˌrɪzm(ə)l
    Medicine
    • Subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with aneurysmal rupture is a potentially lethal event with a mortality rate as high as 50 percent.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • About a third of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage will re-bleed, and this is a major cause of poor outcome.
      • If the leak persists or the aneurysmal sac enlarges, intervention becomes necessary.
      • However, the vascular wall was intact without any aneurysmal dilation or communication with the hemorrhagic cystic lesion.
      • The second patient described herein had aneurysmal changes with advanced degenerative disease.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Greek aneurusma 'dilatation', from aneurunein 'widen out'.

Definition of aneurysm in US English:

aneurysm

(also aneurism)
nounˈænjəˌrɪzəmˈanyəˌrizəm
Medicine
  • An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture.
    • An aneurysm is a swelling in part of an artery caused by damage to, or weakness of, a blood vessel wall.
    • Your doctor can measure pulses at points around your body to check for a variety of problems, including aneurysms and narrowed arteries.
    • The increasing swelling of an aneurysm of the aorta may press on the spine and chest organs.
    • For instance, if the aneurysm involves the arteries to the kidneys then surgeons need this information if they plan to operate.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Greek aneurusma ‘dilatation’, from aneurunein ‘widen out’.

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