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

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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.
    • 2023 September 14, “France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave”, in The Guardian[1], sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN:
      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.

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