Cerebrovascular Accident
Also called cerebral vascular accident, apoplexy, or stroke. Blood supply to some part of the brain is slowed or stopped, resulting in injury to brain tissue
Brain
Cerebrovascular Occlusion
The blocking or closing of a blood vessel in the brain
Aphasia
The inability to speak, write or understand spoken or written language because of brain injury or disease. There are different levels of impairment and the term dysphasia refers to a partial loss of language whereas aphasia refers to a complete loss of language. However, in practice, the terms are interchangeable