HEMORRHAGIC STROKE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hemorrhagic stroke" is a kind of...):

apoplexy; cerebrovascular accident; CVA; stroke (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

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