| true aneurysm | Localised dilation of an artery with an expanded lumen lined by stretched remnants of the arterial wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tubular aneurysm | The uniform dilation of an artery along a considerable distance. Synonym: cylindroid aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false aneurysm | <surgery> Pulsating, encapsulated haematoma in communication with the lumen of a ruptured vessel, ventricular pseudoaneurysm, a cardiac rupture contained and loculated by pericardium, which forms its external wall. An aneurysm whose walls consist of adventitia and periarterial fibrous tissue and haematoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform aneurysm | An elongated spindle-shaped dilation of an artery. (05 Mar 2000) |