Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal, blood-filled sac formed by dilation of the wall of a blood vessel or heart ventricle, most commonly the abdominal aorta and intracranial arteries, resulting from disease or trauma to the wall, as in atherosclerosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a sac-like widening of a blood vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An
abnormal blood-filledswelling of anartery orvein , resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of thevessel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Even more surprising, given the fear the word "aneurysm" strikes in patients with new diagnoses and their families, is that many small unruptured aneurysms are not treated.
NYT > Home Page By LISA TUCKER 2011
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If any of you brainwashed morons ever had an original thought you would run to the hospital thinking it was a brain aneurysm
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Whatever his secret, Kelly – who has died aged 51 after a brain aneurysm – was a consummate performer who reigned supreme at the King's theatres in Glasgow and Edinburgh for 20 years.
Gerard Kelly obituary Mark Fisher 2010
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British fantasy author Louise Cooper, passed away on October 21, 2009 of a brain aneurysm at her home in Cornwall.
RIP: Louise Cooper 2009
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Ralph Vicinanza, literary agent who sold the work of big-name writers including Stephen King and the Dalai Lama around the world, died of a brain aneurysm Saturday night at age 60.
Stephen King's agent, Ralph Vicinanza, dies at 60 Emma Brown 2010
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If you EVER had an original thought you would run to the hospital thinking it was a brain aneurysm
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We hope one of David's 29 dimensions describes his ability to not have a brain aneurysm while dealing with the lies and insults coming from eHarmony's staff.
E-Harmony Gives You 58 Dimensions Of Suck By Billing You For Two Accounts - The Consumerist 2009
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(Last year, a long-standing proposal for a medal honoring organ donors finally became the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Gift of Life Medal Act, after the Cleveland congresswoman died of a brain aneurysm and her family donated her organs.)
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Six months later, he suffered a brain aneurysm that required surgery and extensive rehabilitation.
Whatever Happened To ... the first black Prince George's county executive Lisa Frazier Page 2010
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(Last year, a long-standing proposal for a medal honoring organ donors finally became the Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Gift of Life Medal Act, after the Cleveland congresswoman died of a brain aneurysm and her family donated her organs.)
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