cerebrovascular accident

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cerebrovascular accident

noun cerebrovascular accidents · CVA

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

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noun loss of brain function — see also CVA

Españolataque de apoplejía
Portuguêsderrame, acidente vascular cerebral
Françaisaccident vasculaire cérébral
DeutschSchlaganfall

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@misc{cerebrovascular_accident_2026,
  title = {cerebrovascular accident},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cerebrovascular%20accident},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}