| NOUN | state | cerebrovascular accident, stroke, apoplexy, CVA | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | stroke, apoplexy, CVA | |
| Parts | cerebral hemorrhage | bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain |
| Narrower | hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke | Stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain |
| ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke | The most common kind of stroke | |
| Broader | attack | A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
| Spanish | accidente cerebro vascular, accidente cerebrovascular, apoplejía, ataque cerebrovascular, ictus | |
| Catalan | accident vascular cerebral, apoplexia, ictus | |
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