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US
/ˈænjʊˌɹɪzəm, ˈænjʊˌɹɪzm/
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[ UK /ˈænjuːɹəɹˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈænjuːɹəɹˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
How To Use aneurism In A Sentence
- Page 252 upwards and forwards; lay bare the digastric and stylo-hyoid muscles at the bottom of the wound, by means of the point of the director or the forceps and draw them forward with a blunt hook: hold the sites of the incision wide apart, carry the nerve and vein backward with the end of the finger, and cautiously open the sheath of the vessel; and then, with the artery isolated apply the ligature by means of an aneurismal needle. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
- It's possible that many who die of aneurisms are, in reality, suffering from swollen brain, stuffed with huge numbers of encysted brain worms. Brain worms: one in five are infested
- The doctor asked what his mother had died of, and Sixty Five told him that she had died from an aneurism at 52.
- He had suffered for some years, though he did not know it, from an aneurism of the aorta, and the bursting of the aneurism into the larynx was the cause of death. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile
- There is one form of aneurism which is not infrequently overlooked, affecting the anterior mesenteric artery, primarily induced by a worm -- _Strongylus vulgaris_. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- In either case, the blood will reflow upon the heart, and dilate the left ventricle, as in _case the first_, and others; and, if the mitral valves be thickened and rigid, the left auricle will be more dilated than in a case of simple aneurism of the left ventricle, as appeared also in the _first case_. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart
- As for 'aneurism' [sic] you were probably conflating it with Aneurin Bevan, one of your heroes no doubt (as you're almost a Welshman)? Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
- The patient upon whom he performed his now celebrated operation was afflicted with a popliteal aneurism -- that is, the aneurism was located on the large popliteal artery just behind the knee-joint. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences
- Results Aneurysmal bone cyst was found in 4 cases, giant cell tumor in 3 cases(accompanying aneurismal bone cyst 2 cases), ganglion, hamartoma, osteoid osteoma and lipoma in 1 case, respectively.
- Or this line, after Wolowitz invited his date over for Shabbat dinner: “A Catholic girl like you wearing a big cross like that might just give my mother the big brain aneurism I’ve been hoping for.” 'Big Bang Theory': WHEEEAATONNNN! (Also, Wolowitz kinda gets a girlfriend) | EW.com