/??n.j?.?.z?m/aswollenareaon thewallof anartery动脉瘤(Definition ofaneurysmfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)Examples from literature
The essential feature of a traumatic aneurysm is that it is produced by some form of injury which divides all the coats of the artery.
The risk of gangrene is diminished by a course of digital compression of the femoral artery, before operating on the aneurysm.
The rupture of a popliteal aneurysm, however, by compressing the vein and the articular branches, usually determines gangrene.
They usually heal rapidly, but, like punctured wounds, are liable to be followed by the formation of an aneurysm.
When the bleeding is profuse, however, the parts beyond the aneurysm become greatly swollen, livid, and cold, and the pulse beyond is completely lost.
Examplesofaneurysm
aneurysmHistological examination showed a normal atrioventricular node and bundle, adjacent to theaneurysm.From theCambridge English CorpusThe aneurysms ruptured into the right ventricle in 73%, into the right atrium in 27% and into the left ventricle in less than 1%.From theCambridge English CorpusBesides these, aneurysms are seen in the transition from muscular to elastic segments in such arteries as the celiac and mesenteric.From theCambridge English CorpusSimilar aneurysms are also seen in the large muscular arteries themselves outside the major organs.From theCambridge English CorpusApproximately 15-25% of children who acquire the disease develop aneurysms of one or more coronary arteries following the acute illness.From theCambridge English CorpusThe most important finding is the presence of aneurysms of the coronary arteries, which have their origins in arteritis.From theCambridge English CorpusThose with descending aorticaneurysmunderwent conduit placement, and those with valve disease underwent repair or replacement.From theCambridge English CorpusThere was a saccularaneurysmof 5 mm diameter in the proximal thoracic descending aorta, two millimeters distal to the patent arterial duct.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the other four patients with no symptoms of ischemia, the therapy was undertaken when thrombus was detected in a coronaryaneurysm.From theCambridge English CorpusThe cost-effectiveness of early surgery versus watchful waiting in the management of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.From theCambridge English CorpusThe initial reports dealt predominantly with the possibility of non-invasively detecting coronary aneurysms rather than with the specificity and sensitivity of the echocardiographic technique.From theCambridge English CorpusAll patients had coronary changes, and six patients had giant aneurysms and severe stenotic lesions in each coronary arteries.From theCambridge English CorpusDuration and severity of arterial hypertension are likely to be important risk factors in formation of aneurysms, remote from the site of repair.From theCambridge English CorpusShe presented 4 weeks after reoperation with fresh haemoptysis and was subsequently found at delayed emergency surgery to have a leaking false aorticaneurysm.From theCambridge English CorpusThe haemoptysis in this case could have been due to erosion of a small vessel of the compressed lung by the falseaneurysm.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/aneurysm##
