Aneurism

['ænjə,rɪzəm]

Definition

(n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.

Editor: Lucius

Definition

n. a soft tumour arising from the dilatation of an artery acting on a part weakened by disease or injury: (fig.) any abnormal enlargement—adjs. An′eurismal An′eurismatic.

Typed by Barnaby