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pseudoaneurysm

noun

  1. collection of blood and connective tissue outside the wall of a blood vessel or the heart
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From pseudo- + aneurysm.

  1. A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.

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

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