CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
   
   Synonym(s)
   • apoplexy (what does apoplexy mean?)
   • CVA (what does CVA mean?)
   • stroke (what does stroke mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) cerebrovascular accident is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attack (what does attack mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • ischemic stroke (what does ischemic stroke mean?)
   • ischaemic stroke (what does ischaemic stroke mean?)
   • hemorrhagic stroke (what does hemorrhagic stroke mean?)
   • haemorrhagic stroke (what does haemorrhagic stroke mean?)