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microaneurysm

noun mi·cro·an·eu·rysm

Medical Definition of MICROANEURYSM

:  a saccular enlargement of the venous end of a retinal capillary associated especially with diabetic retinopathy
mi·cro·an·eu·rys·mal \-ˌan-yə-ˈriz-məl\ adjective

Variants of MICROANEURYSM

mi·cro·an·eu·rysm also mi·cro·an·eu·rism \-ˈan-yə-ˌriz-əm\

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