pseudoaneurysm

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noun

A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.

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Meanings

nounpseudoaneurysm (plural pseudoaneurysms)

plural pseudoaneurysms

  1. medicineA so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.

    One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over.

    2008 May 12, George Vecsey, “Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football”, in New York Times

Origin

From pseudo- + aneurysm.

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Translations

Portuguese pseudoaneurisma
  • pseudoaneurismahematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery
Spanish pseudoaneurisma
  • pseudoaneurismahematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery
Cite this entry
APA

pseudoaneurysm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoaneurysm

MLA

“pseudoaneurysm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoaneurysm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoaneurysm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoaneurysm.

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