Definitions for aneurysm

aneurysm an·eu·rysm

Spelling: [an-yuh-riz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈæn yəˌrɪz əm/

Aneurysm is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 377 anagrams from letters in aneurysm (aemnrsuy).

Definitions for aneurysm

noun

  1. a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.

Origin of aneurysm

1650-60; Greek aneúrysma dilation, equivalent to aneurys- (variant stem of aneurýnein to dilate; see an-3, eury-) + -ma noun suffix

Examples for aneurysm

Speaking generally, if an aneurysm can be dealt with surgically the sooner that the artery is tied the better.

The episode employs the tried and true conceit: a character has an aneurysm and begins hallucinating his life as a musical.

On the face of it, an aneurysm which is false is not an aneurysm, any more than a false bank-note is legal tender.

A very rare complication of the fibroid degeneration of the heart muscle is aneurysm of the heart wall.

The apex of the left ventricle is most commonly the site of the aneurysm and rupture occasionally occurs.

Mesaortitis is the primary lesion and acts as a locus minoris resistenti where an aneurysm forms.

GWS happens to have an apartment in East London, which, upon hearing, nearly gave her posh West End pals an aneurysm.

His account of his second aneurysm and a round of invasive surgery is frightening and moving.

The section on aneurysm of the aorta remains one of the best ever written.

For the pain in aneurysm, nothing (except, of course, morphine) is so valuable as iodide of potassium.

Word Value for aneurysm
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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