aneurysm

English

Alternative forms

• aneurism

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/

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• Hyphenation: an‧eur‧ys‧m

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.
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     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.

Derived terms

• aneurysmal
• aneurysmatic
• aneurysmectomy
• aneurysmorrhaphy
• macroaneurysm
• microaneurysm
• mycotic aneurysm
• pseudoaneurysm

 

Translations

abnormal blood-filled swelling

• Arabic: أُمّ دَمٍ (ʔumm damin)
• Armenian: անոթալայնանք (hy) (anotʻalaynankʻ), անեւրիզմ (hy) (anewrizm)
• Asturian: aneurisma
• Catalan: aneurisma
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動脈瘤／动脉瘤 (zh) (dòngmàiliú)

• Czech: aneurysma (cs) n
• Dutch: aneurysma (nl) n, aderverwijding f
• Esperanto: aneŭrismo
• Finnish: valtimonlaajentuma, valtimonpullistuma, aneurysma (fi)
• French: anévrisme (fr) m, anévrysme (fr)
• German: Aneurysma (de) n
• Greek: ανεύρυσμα (el) n (anévrysma)
• Hungarian: értágulat (hu), aneurizma (hu)
• Icelandic: slagæðargúlpur m, gúlpur m
• Irish: aineoras m
• Italian: aneurisma (it) m
• Japanese: 動脈瘤 (どうみゃくりゅう, dōmyakuryū)
• Macedonian: аневри́зма f (anevrízma)
• Persian: رگ‌برآمدگی (rag-bar-âmadegi)
• Polish: tętniak (pl) m, anewryzm (pl) m (archaic), aneuryzma (pl) f (archaic)
• Portuguese: aneurisma (pt) m
• Russian: аневри́зма (ru) f (anevrízma)
• Spanish: aneurisma (es) m
• Swedish: artärbråck n, pulsåderbråck n, aneurysm n or c
• Turkish: anevrizma (tr)

Further reading

• aneurysm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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