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Definition of Aortic aneurysm
1. Noun. An aneurysm of the aorta.
Medical Definition of Aortic aneurysm
1. Dangeous ballooning of the aorta (the main artery leaving the heart) which is caused by disease in the artery's wall. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aortic Aneurysm
Literary usage of Aortic aneurysm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"REPORT OF A CASE OF RUPTURE OF AN aortic aneurysm INTO THE LEFT INNOMINATE
VEIN.1 BY JAMES B. HERRICK, MD, THIS case is reported simply in order to place on ..."
2. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"aortic aneurysm. Case 38 A laborer of twenty-two entered the hospital July 4,
1906, with a negative family history. All last winter, he says, ..."
3. Röntgen Ray Diagnosis and Therapy by Carl Beck (1904)
"A sac-like bulging of the arch, showing considerable pulsation above this space,
points to the presence of aortic aneurysm. Vehement pulsation, if there is ..."
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