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Cerebrovascular Accident

see synonyms of cerebrovascular accident

Noun

1. apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, cva, stroke

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

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Cerebrovascular Accident

see synonyms of cerebrovascular accident
noun
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)
apoplexy, stroke (sense 4)

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Cerebrovascular Accident

see synonyms of cerebrovascular accident
n. Abbr. CVA
See stroke1.

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