aneurysmal

/,ænjuə'risməl/ Cách viết khác : (aneurysmal) /,ænjuə'risməl/

Thân thiện

A doctor points to an aneurysmal bulge on a medical diagram.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or affected by an aneurysm: Describes something that is connected to, characteristic of, or suffering from an aneurysm, which is an abnormal, localized enlargement or ballooning of a blood vessel.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient underwent surgery for an aneurysmal dilation of the aorta.
  • The scan revealed aneurysmal changes in the cerebral artery.
  • This is a classic case of aneurysmal disease.

Advanced Usage

• "Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage": A specific type of bleeding in the brain caused by the rupture of an aneurysm.
  • The most common cause of a non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage is an aneurysmal rupture.
• "Aneurysmal bone cyst": A benign but expansile, blood-filled lesion in bone, named for its radiographic resemblance to a vascular aneurysm.
  • The orthopedic surgeon diagnosed the lesion as an aneurysmal bone cyst.

Variants and Related Words

• Aneurysm (n): The primary condition itself; an abnormal bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
  • He was diagnosed with a cerebral aneurysm.
• Aneurysmatic (adj): A less common variant spelling of "aneurysmal," with the same meaning.
• Aneurysmally (adv): In an aneurysmal manner.
  • The artery was aneurysmally dilated.

Synonyms

• Aneurysmatic: Pertaining to an aneurysm (synonymous variant).
• Dilated: Enlarged or expanded, though this is a more general term not specific to pathological vessel enlargement.

Antonyms

• Normal: Having a usual, typical, or healthy structure.
• Stenotic: Abnormally narrowed or constricted (as in a blood vessel).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating to or affected by an aneurysm

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aneurismal
• aneurysmatic
• aneurismatic