aneurysm

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Alternative forms

• aneurism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneurysma, “a widening, an opening”), from ἀνά (ana, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurys, “wide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæn.jə(ɹ).ɪz.m̩/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæn.jɚ.ɪz.m̩/

Noun

aneurysm (plural aneurysms)

1. (pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

Derived terms

• aneurysmatic
• aneurysmal

Translations

abnormal blood-filled swelling

• Asturian: aneurisma (ast)
• Catalan: aneurisma (ca)
• Czech: aneurysma (cs) n
• Dutch: aneurysma (nl) n
• Finnish: valtimonlaajentuma, valtimonpullistuma
• French: anévrisme (fr) m, anévrysme (fr)
• German: Aneurysma (de) n

• Icelandic: slagæðargúlpur (is) m, gúlpur (is) m
• Italian: aneurisma (it) m
• Japanese: 動脈瘤 (ja) (どうみゃくりゅう, dōmyakuryū)
• Portuguese: aneurisma (pt) m
• Russian: аневризма (ru) (an'evrízma) f
• Spanish: aneurisma (es) m
• Swedish: artärbråck (sv) c, pulsåderbråck (sv) c, aneurysm (sv) c
• Turkish: anevrizma (tr)