cerebrovascular accident

Noun cerebrovascular accident has 1 sense

• cerebrovascular accident(n = noun.state) apoplexy, cva, stroke - a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain;
is a kind of attack
has particulars: ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke
has parts: cerebral hemorrhage