HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemorrhagic stroke mean? 

• HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE (noun)
  The noun HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE has 1 sense:

1. stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain

  Familiarity information: HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke

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)