SINCE 1828
hemorrhagic stroke
nounMedical Definition of hemorrhagic stroke
: stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in or on the surface of the brain with bleeding into the surrounding tissue
Note: Hemorrhagic stroke occurs most often from rupture of an aneurysm or an abnormally formed blood vessel.
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