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cerebrovascular accident

cerebrovascular accident noun: stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).

Noun

cerebrovascular accident (plural cerebrovascular accidents)

  1. (euphemistic, formal, sometimes) Stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).

Forms of cerebrovascular accident

pluralcerebrovascular accidents
alternative formCVA

Questions about cerebrovascular accident

What does cerebrovascular accident mean?
Cerebrovascular accident means stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).
What part of speech is cerebrovascular accident?
Cerebrovascular accident is a noun.
What is the plural of cerebrovascular accident?
The plural of cerebrovascular accident is cerebrovascular accidents.

Words near cerebrovascular accident in the dictionary

  1. cerebrotonics
  2. cerebrotype
  3. cerebrotypes
  4. cerebrous
  5. cerebrovascular
  6. cerebrovascular accident
  7. cerebrovascular accidents
  8. cerebrovascularly
  9. cerebrovasculature
  10. cerebrovasculatures
  11. cerebrovasculogenesis

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