cerebrovascular accident

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noun

a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
• Syn:
stroke, apoplexy, CVA
• Derivationally related forms:
apoplectic (for: apoplexy)
• Hypernyms:
attack
• Hyponyms:
ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke
• Part Meronyms:
cerebral hemorrhage