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aneurysm
an·eur·ys·m
UK/ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/US/ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/
noun
What it means
- medicineAn abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.
2023 September 14, “France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN
In a sentence
About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.
2023 September 14, “France investigates deaths of four Champagne workers in heatwave”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN
Where it comes from
- Ancient Greekἀνεύρυσμα“a widening, a dilation”
- Englishaneurysm
From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).
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