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DISSECTING ANEURYSM

\dˈa͡ɪsɛktɪŋ ˈanjuːɹˌɪzəm], \dˈa‍ɪsɛktɪŋ ˈanjuːɹˌɪzəm], \d_ˈaɪ_s_ɛ_k_t_ɪ_ŋ ˈa_n_j_uː_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of DISSECTING ANEURYSM

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1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Splitting or dissection of an arterial wall by blood entering through an intimal tear or by interstitial hemorrhage. It is most common in the aorta.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

See Aneurysm.
one in which blood is forced between the coats of an artery.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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