See Also: abdominal aortic coarctation(medicine)
abdominal aortic aneurysm(medicine)
abdominal aortic plexus(medicine)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm(health)
Abdominal Aortic Ultrasound(health)
aortic aneurysm, abdominal(medicine)
recognizance(encyclopedia)
recognizance(dictionary)
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE(law)
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (health) and recognizance (iou)


Abdominal aortic aneurysm (health)


A ballooning or widening of the main artery (the aorta) as it courses down through the abdomen. At the point of the aneurysm, the aneurysm usually measures 3 cm or more in diameter. The aneurysm weakens the wall of the aorta and can end in the aorta rupturing with catastrophic consequences. As the diameter of the aorta increases, the chances of an AAA rupturing rise. A measurement of 5 cm is often used to recommend surgery. Persons with AAA tend to be 60 or over. Men are 5 times more likely than women to have an AAA.







recognizance (iou)



recognizance noun. Also recognisance. ME.
[Old French reconnissance, reconissance (mod. reconnaissance), formed as RE- + COGNIZANCE.]
Law. A bond undertaken before a court or magistrate to perform some act or observe some condition, esp. to pay a Debt, or appear when summoned; a sum pledged as surety for this. ME.
a. Recognition or acknowledgement of the existence or validity of a person or thing; recognition or appreciation of a service, achievement, etc. Now rare. LME.
b. Recognition or identification of a person or thing as previously known or perceived. Now rare. L15.
a. = COGNIZANCE 3. LME-E18.
b. Law (now Hist.). = RECOGNITION 2. E17.
A token, an emblem. Cf. COGNIZANCE 1. arch. L15.