Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cerebrovascular_accident

1 sense of cerebrovascular accident

Sense 1
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA -- (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)
       => attack -- (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea")