cerebrovascular accident

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n. Abbr. CVA

See stroke¹.

cerebrovascular accident, cerebral vascular accident

(Medicine / Pathology) a sudden interruption of the blood supply to the brain caused by rupture of an artery in the brain (cerebral haemorrhage) or the blocking of a blood vessel, as by a clot of blood (cerebral occlusion) See apoplexy, stroke [4]

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cerebrovascular accident - a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

apoplexy, CVA, stroke

attack - 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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