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

1 sense of hemorrhagic stroke

Sense 1
hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke -- (stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain)
       => 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)
       => bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage -- (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)