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Ectasia vs Aneurysm - What's the difference?
ectasia
|
aneurysm
|
As nouns the difference between
ectasia
and
aneurysm
is that
ectasia
is ectasis while
aneurysm
is an abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
ectasia
English
Noun
(
en noun
)
(medicine) ectasis
(
Webster 1913
) ----
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
