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HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE
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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 ("haemorrhagic 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)