Usually means: Bulging, weakened area in artery.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. aneurysm: Merriam-Webster
  2. aneurysm: Collins English Dictionary
  3. aneurysm: Vocabulary.com
  4. Aneurysm, aneurysm: Wordnik
  5. aneurysm: Wiktionary
  6. aneurysm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. aneurysm (aneurism): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. aneurysm: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. aneurysm: Dictionary.com
  10. aneurysm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Aneurysm (band), Aneurysm (disambiguation), Aneurysm (song), Aneurysm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. aneurysm: Rhymezone
  13. aneurysm: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. aneurysm: FreeDictionary.org
  15. aneurysm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. aneurysm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. aneurysm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  18. aneurysm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  19. aneurysm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. aneurysm: Merriam-Webster

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  1. aneurysm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. aneurysm: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Aneurysm: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Aneurysm: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  11. Aneurysm: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  12. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  13. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  14. aneurysm: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  15. aneurysm: Medical dictionary
  16. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  17. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  19. Aneurysm: Brain Injury
  20. Aneurysm: Drug Medical Dictionary
  21. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. aneurysm: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See aneurysmal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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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