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Definition of Cerebral aneurysm
1. Noun. An aneurysm of the carotid artery.
Medical Definition of Cerebral aneurysm
1. 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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebral Aneurysm
Literary usage of Cerebral aneurysm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1918)
"I, Rupture of the cerebral aneurysm led to death in 0.44 per cent. of all cases
of examination of the body, while direct rupture of the extracranial artery ..."
2. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1877)
"The records of our Society enable us to go still further, and say that cerebral
aneurysm is generally associated in young people with endocarditis. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"cerebral aneurysm. ... He found inclusion bodies in the ganglion cells, and
considered them as reaction products of some toxic agent. 4. cerebral aneurysm. ..."
4. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"... who developed a popliteal aneurysm and then a thoracic aneurysm and finally
died of cerebral aneurysm, but who at no time suffered from syphilis or from ..."
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