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Aneurysm vs Microaneurysm - What's the difference?

aneurysm | microaneurysm |

As nouns the difference between aneurysm and microaneurysm

is that aneurysm is (pathology) an abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel while microaneurysm is an extremely small aneurysm.

aneurysm

English

(wikipedia aneurysm)

Alternative forms

* aneurism

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

    • Derived terms

    * aneurysmatic * aneurysmal

    microaneurysm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely small aneurysm.