noun. In thermometry, an enlargement of the capillary tube of the thermometer.

noun. In pathology, a localized dilatation of an artery, due to the pressure of the blood acting on a part weakened by accident or disease.

noun. A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.

noun. Alternative spelling of aneurysm.

noun. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

"Or this line, after Wolowitz invited his date over for Shabbat dinner: “A Catholic girl like you wearing a big cross like that might just give my mother the big brain aneurism I’ve been hoping for.”"

arteriovenous aneurism  dissecting aneurism  external aneurism  gelatin treatment for aneurism  internal aneurism  

cardiovascular disease  

aortic aneurysm  cerebral aneurysm  intracranial aneurysm  ventricular aneurysm  

Hel  adventitia  aneurysm  appendicitis  blood vessel  

aneurysm