CVA vs cerebrovascular accident

CVA and cerebrovascular accident both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
CVA	Yes	No	No	No
cerebrovascular accident	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, CVA and cerebrovascular accident are synonyms defined as:

CVA and cerebrovascular accident: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

Other synonyms of CVA include apoplexy, stroke.

CVA (noun)	cerebrovascular accident (noun)
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain	a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain