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Aneurysm

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a dangerous bulge in the wall of a blood vessel
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Stage 1 of 2
aneurysma
Greek · ancient
"a widening, a dilation"
a widening, a dilation, from ana- (up) and eurys (wide)
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Stage 2 of 2
aneurysm
English · 1600s
"an abnormal bulge in the wall of a blood vessel"
settled as the medical word for an abnormal bulge in a blood vessel wall
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