abdominal aortic aneurysm

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   an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension

   SynonymsAAA

   Broaderaortic aneurysm

Questions about abdominal aortic aneurysm

What does abdominal aortic aneurysm mean?

abdominal aortic aneurysm means "an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension".

What is another word for abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Close synonyms include AAA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abdominal aortic aneurysm a common word?

abdominal aortic aneurysm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.