Associations to the word «Aneurysm»

Wiktionary

ANEURYSM, noun. (pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

Dictionary definition

ANEURYSM, noun. A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne