Word
cerebrovascular accident, n.
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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CVA
apoplexy
cerebrovascular accident
stroke
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
apoplectic
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hypernym
attack
hyponym
ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke
hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke
part meronym
cerebral hemorrhage