aneurysm
noun/ˈænjərɪzəm/
/ˈænjərɪzəm/
(medical)- an area of extreme swelling on the wall of an arteryWord Originlate Middle English: from Greek aneurusma ‘dilatation’, from aneurunein ‘widen out’.
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