cerebrovascular accident
111Thrombotic disease due to protein C deficiency — Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation of a clot. Deficiency of protein C results in thrombotic (clotting) disease and excess platelets with recurrent thrombophlebitis… …
112stroke syndrome — a condition with sudden onset caused by acute vascular lesions of the brain, such as infarction from hemorrhage, embolism, or thrombosis, or rupturing aneurysm. It may be marked by any of a variety of symptoms reflecting the focus of infarction… …
113CVA — abbr. comp. Computer Virus Association med. cerebrovascular accident (stroke) …
114CVA — (cerebrovascular accident) (Medicine) any of several problems related to the brain and its blood vessels (such as stroke, hemorrhage, etc.) …
115CVA — abbr. Cerebrovascular Accident …
116CVA — 1) pat cerebrovascular accident See stroke I, 5) 2) tao Columbia Valley Authority …
117ictus — ic•tus [[t]ˈɪk təs[/t]] n. pl. tus•es, tus 1) pro rhythmical or metrical stress in verse 2) pat a) an epileptic seizure b) a stroke, esp. a cerebrovascular accident • Etymology: 1700–10; < L: stroke, thrust ic′tic, adj …
118stroke — I. /stroʊk / (say strohk) noun 1. an act of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, a hammer, etc.; a blow. 2. a hitting of or upon anything. 3. a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell, or the sound produced by this. 4. a throb or pulsation …
119cerebral hemorrhage — noun bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain • Hypernyms: ↑bleeding, ↑hemorrhage, ↑haemorrhage • Part Holonyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA * * * …
120haemorrhagic stroke — noun stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain • Syn: ↑hemorrhagic stroke • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA, ↑bleeding, ↑hemorrhage, ↑ …
