| cerebrovascular accident n. Abbr. CVA See stroke1. |
cerebrovascular accident, cerebral vascular accident
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cerebrovascular accident (s r  -br -v s ky-lr, s-r br-) See stroke. |
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| Noun | 1. |  cerebrovascular accident - a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brainattack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke - the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke - stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain cerebral hemorrhage - bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain |
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