[ noun ] a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall <noun.state>
Aneurism \An"eu*rism\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a widening, an opening; ? up + ? wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also {aneurysm}.]
Dr. John Walker, a retired surgeon and investment banker and uncle of President Bush, died Thursday of complications from an aneurism.
Miami Herald Executive Editor Janet Chusmir, a pioneering journalist who guided the newspaper to two Pulitzer Prizes, died Saturday of a brain aneurism at age 60.
An aneurism is a sac formed by the enlargement of a weakened blood vessel wall.