cerebrovascular accident (cva)
41Schlagfluß — Als Schlaganfall (auch Zerebraler Insult, apoplektischer Insult oder Gehirnschlag, in der medizinischen Umgangssprache häufig verkürzend auch Apoplex oder Insult), wird eine plötzlich auftretende Erkrankung des Gehirns bezeichnet, die zu einem… …
42stroke — 1. noun /strəʊk,stroʊk/ a) An act of stroking . She gave the cat a stroke. b) A blow or hit. a stroke on the chin Syn: caress, blow, hit …
43Apoplexy — A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness and paralysis of various parts of the body. The word apoplexy comes from the Greek apoplexia meaning a seizure, in the sense of being… …
44cerebral hemorrhage — noun bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain • Hypernyms: ↑bleeding, ↑hemorrhage, ↑haemorrhage • Part Holonyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA * * * …
45haemorrhagic 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, ↑ …
46hemorrhagic stroke — noun stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain • Syn: ↑haemorrhagic stroke • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA, ↑bleeding, ↑hemorrhage, ↑ …
47ischaemic stroke — noun the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) • Syn: ↑ischemic stroke • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA, ↑ischemia, ↑ …
48ischemic stroke — noun the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) • Syn: ↑ischaemic stroke • Hypernyms: ↑stroke, ↑apoplexy, ↑cerebrovascular accident, ↑CVA, ↑ischemia, ↑ …
49cerebrovascularaccident — cerebrovascular accident n. Abbr. CVA See stroke1. * * * …
50c.v.a. — CVA (no periods) or C.V.A. or c.v.a., cerebrovascular accident …
