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cerebral haemorrhage

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noun

  1. bleeding from an artery in the brain, which in severe cases causes a stroke

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She said Philip and Elizabeth's friendship continued after Richard's death in 1984 from a cerebral haemorrhage.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, has died of a cerebral haemorrhage, aged 88.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2016

Like his father, Burton died from a cerebral haemorrhage.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2012

When in 2007 she had emergency, life-saving surgery for a cerebral haemorrhage after a water-skiing accident, she was afraid paparazzi at the hospital would see her looking wrecked with drips in her arm.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011

The drug is undoubtedly valuable in cases of dropsy and Bright’s disease, and also in cases of cerebral haemorrhage, threatened or present.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various