CVA
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, cerebrovascular accident • 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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