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VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A localized dilation or protrusion on the wall of the left ventricle of the heart (occurring after a myocardial infarction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ventricular aneurysm" is a kind of...):
aneurism; aneurysm (a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall)