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Noun: cerebral aneurysm
  1. An abnormal bulge or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain, which can rupture and cause a hemorrhagic stroke
    "The patient was rushed to surgery after doctors detected a cerebral aneurysm"

Derived forms: cerebral aneurysms

Type of: aneurism, aneurysm

Encyclopedia: Cerebral aneurysm