aneurysmal
Americanadjective
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For the study, researchers looked at 4,879 people who had ruptured brain aneurysms, called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
He has a “potentially aneurysmal dilation of my aortic root” that may kill him, if a possible brain tumor does not end him first.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2014
The coats of an artery, when diseased, may be torn by a severe strain, the blood escaping into the condensed tissues which thus form the aneurysmal sac.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
Pulsation in veins may be due also to an aneurysmal dilatation, or to direct connection with an artery.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The presence of diseased patches in the wall of an artery diminishes its elasticity and favours aneurysmal dilatation.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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