pseudoaneurysm

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ aneurysm

Noun

pseudoaneurysm (plural pseudoaneurysms)

1. (medicine) A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.
   • 2008 May 12, George Vecsey, “Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     One nurse aggressively stanched the arterial pseudoaneurysm with a copious number of four-inch gauze pads, but Williams’s ordeal is hardly over.

Translations

hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery

• Portuguese: pseudoaneurisma m
• Spanish: pseudoaneurisma m