cerebrovascular accident
Noun
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A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain (synset 114105785)
is a type of: attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable conditionsubtypes:
- ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke - the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)
- haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke - stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
has: cerebral hemorrhage - bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain
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