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CEREBROVASCULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it
Example:
a cerebrovascular accident
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
blood vessel (a vessel in which blood circulates)
brain (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)
Context examples:
A hereditary cerebrovascular disorder caused by mutations in the Notch 3 gene.
(CADASIL Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include cerebrovascular ischemia, cerebral embolism, and cerebral infarction.
(Cerebrovascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
In common usage, the term cerebrovascular disorders is not limited to conditions that affect the cerebrum, but refers to vascular disorders of the entire brain including the DIENCEPHALON; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.
(Cerebrovascular Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This excludes cerebrovascular arterial disease.
(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Since they are inducers of vascular and other smooth muscle relaxation, they are used in the drug therapy of hypertension and cerebrovascular spasms, as myocardial protective agents, and in the relaxation of uterine spasms.
(Calcium Channel Blocker, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The risk of cerebrovascular accident is increased by high blood pressure, older age, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, atherosclerosis (a buildup of fatty material and plaque inside the coronary arteries), and a family history of cerebrovascular accident.
(Cerebrovascular accident, NCI Dictionary)
