Artery vs Pseudoaneurysm - What's the difference?
artery | pseudoaneurysm |
An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
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(medicine) A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.
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As nouns the difference between artery and pseudoaneurysm
is that artery is an efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery while pseudoaneurysm is (medicine) a so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.artery
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(wikipedia artery)Noun
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Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* arterial * arterially * arteriole * carotid artery * pulmonary arterySee also
* aorta * A-road * atheroma * capillary * circulatory system * veinAnagrams
*pseudoaneurysm
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(en noun) (wikipedia pseudoaneurysm)citation