Bob Ackley -> Roger Nelson wrote:
 BA> Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to Mimi Gallandt:

 MG>>> Well, yes, that burst blood vein (I'll never learn how to spell
 MG>>> aneurysm correctly) on my right frontal lobe caused it. :)

 RN>> Aneurism or aneurysm, which means to dilate.

 BA> I think a closer definition would be 'to swell.'  In the case of blood
 BA> vessels,
 BA> an aneurysm occurs at a weak spot in the vein or artery wall and causes
 BA> that
 BA> point to swell, if not reduced eventually it swells to the point of
 BA> rupture.
 BA> Ruptured aneurysms killed both my grandmother (aortic) and brother
 BA> (cerebral).

I'm so sorry for your loss. Mine grew to 6mm when it burst, the
neurosurgeon said he'd never seen one get that big before bursting.

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