noun
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
• Derivationally related forms: ↑apoplectic (for: ↑apoplexy)
• Hypernyms: ↑attack
• Hyponyms: ↑ischemic stroke, ↑ischaemic stroke, ↑hemorrhagic stroke, ↑haemorrhagic stroke
• Part Meronyms: ↑cerebral hemorrhage
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noun : stroke 5b
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Pathol.
[1930-35]
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cerebrovascular accident noun
A sudden interruption of the blood supply to the brain, as in a cerebral haemorrhage
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Main Entry: ↑cerebrum
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cerebrovascular accident,
= cerebral accident. (Cf. ↑cerebral accident)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.