cerebrovascular accident vs CVA

cerebrovascular accident and CVA both are nouns.

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

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

cerebrovascular accident and CVA: 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 cerebrovascular accident include apoplexy, stroke.

cerebrovascular accident (noun)	CVA (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