a sudden interruption of the blood supply to the brain caused by rupture of an artery in the brain (cerebral haemorrhage) or the blocking of a blood vessel, as by a clot of blood (cerebral occlusion)
apoplexy, stroke (sense 4)
Examples of 'cerebrovascular accident' in a sentence
cerebrovascular accident
Saying cerebrovascular accident instead of stroke, for example, leaves you confused as well as ill.