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<medicine> A soft, pulsating, hollow tumour, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.
Alternative forms: aneurysm.
Origin: Gr, a widening, an opening; up + wide.
(01 Mar 1998)
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