| AH | abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid hydro... |
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| AOD | Academy of Operative Dentistry; Academy of Oral Dynamics; adult onset diabetes; anesthesiologist-on-... |
| AP | accessory pathway; accounts payable; acid phosphatase; acinar parenchyma; action potential; active p... |
| API | alkaline protease inhibitor; Analytical Profile Index; arterial pressure index; atmospheric pressure... |
| art | artery, arterial; articulation; artificial |
| intracranial aneurysm | <neurology> A dilated and weakened portion of a cerebral blood vessel that is prone to rupture. A cerebral aneurysm may occur as a birth defect or develop as the result of long-standing poorly controlled hypertension. Symptoms of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm include a sudden, severe thunderclap headache that may be associated with nausea, vomiting and a decreased level of consciousness. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| intracranial mycotic aneurysm | <radiology> 3% of all intracranial aneurysms; multiple in 20%, source: subacute bacterial endocarditis (65%), acute bacterial endocarditis (9%), menigitis (9%), septic thrombophlebitis (9%), myxoma, location: peripheral to first bifurcation of major vessel (64%), often near the surface of brain (especially over convexities), Note: develops recurrent bleeding more frequently than congenital aneurysms See: mycotic aneurysm (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic aortic aneurysm | <radiology> Normal size: 4-5 cm, most aneurysms rupture when more than 10 cm, mean age: 65 years; M:F = 3:1 associated with: hypertension, coronary artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm symptoms: substernal, back, shoulder pain (25%), superior vena cava syndrome, dysphagia, stridor, dyspnea, hoarseness see: aortic aneurysm (12 Dec 1998) |
| ectatic aneurysm | An aneurysm in which all the coats of the artery, though stretched, are unruptured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| embolomycotic aneurysm | An obsolete term for an aneurysm caused by an embolism composed of an infected vegetation from a cardiac valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic aneurysm | An aneurysm resulting from physical damage to the wall of an artery; usually a false aneurysm or arteriovenous aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| true aneurysm | Localised dilation of an artery with an expanded lumen lined by stretched remnants of the arterial wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |