cerebrovascular accident
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- noun
- /ˌsɛrəˌbroʊˈvæskjʊlər ˈæksɪdənt/
- Specialized
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accidente cerebrovascular
- The symptoms of a cerebrovascular accident can include sudden weakness, trouble seeing, and loss of balance.
- cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Examples
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Evaluation of the dual-channel stimulator was carried out on 11 patients after cerebrovascular accident (CVA), as shown in Table 1, and on 10 patients after traumatic brain injuries (TBI), as shown in Table 2.
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Notably, she also had a personal history of a cerebrovascular accident at age 30, attributed to uncontrolled hypertension.
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The patient was admitted for further evaluation with a possible diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident.
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Consider the situation of an elderly Chinese woman who experienced hemiplegia following a cerebrovascular accident.
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Treatment for other complications, such as cerebrovascular accident, is the same for MVP patients as for other patients with the same diagnosis.
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Thromboembolic events may also occur, leading to transient ischemic attack or cerebrovascular accident.
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Antiplatelet therapy may be given to patients at risk for transient ischemic attacks or cerebrovascular accidents.
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The WHO estimates that these cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), or strokes, account for the loss of 6.7 million lives per year.
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The patient's medical history was also noteworthy for laryngopharyngeal reflux, hypertension, and a cerebrovascular accident with subsequent multiple episodes of transient ischemic attack.
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In 2009, there were 180,000 deaths from CVD, of which 80,000 were due to coronary heart disease (CHD) and 49,000 due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.7
A sudden loss of movement, speech, or thinking when blood stops flowing to part of the brain
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9.9
A sudden loss of consciousness from a stroke or extreme anger
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A sudden brain injury when blood cannot reach part of the brain, causing weakness or trouble speaking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'cerebrovascular' means related to the brain's blood vessels and 'accident' denotes an unforeseen event, so together they describe an unexpected event affecting brain blood flow (i.e., a stroke). Despite being medical register, the construction is predictable and has direct cognates in many languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cerebrovascular accident is a medical name made of parts: cerebro meaning 'brain', vascular meaning 'blood vessels', and accident meaning 'an unexpected event'. So it shows a sudden problem with blood flow to the brain, which is why the term means 'stroke'.