cerebrovascular

English

Etymology

From cerebro- +‎ vascular.

Adjective

cerebrovascular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain.

Derived terms

• cardiocerebrovascular
• cerebrovascular disease
• intracerebrovascular
• noncerebrovascular

Translations

relating to the blood vessels that run to or from the brain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦血管 / 脑血管 (zh) (nǎoxuèguǎn)

• Finnish: aivoverenkierto-
• French: cérébrovasculaire
• Irish: ceirbreashoithíoch
• Italian: cerebrovascolare
• Portuguese: cerebrovascular
• Russian: цереброваскуля́рный (cerebrovaskuljárnyj)
• Spanish: cerebrovascular
• Swedish: cerebrovaskulär
• Turkish: serebrovasküler
• Ukrainian: судинно-мозковий (uk) m (sudynno-mozkovyj)

Portuguese

Etymology

From cerebro- +‎ vascular.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vaʃ.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vaʃ.kuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾe.bɾo.vas.kuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.bɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.βɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.bɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.βɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.bɾɔ.bɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ/ [ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.βɾɔ.βɐʃ.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.bɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈla.ɾi/ [ˌsɛ.ɾɨ.βɾɔ.vɐʃ.kuˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ce‧re‧bro‧vas‧cu‧lar

Adjective

cerebrovascular m or f (plural cerebrovasculares)

1. cerebrovascular

Related terms

• cerebroespinhal
• cerebroide
• cerebrose
• cerebrosídeo
• cerebrospinal

Further reading

• “cerebrovascular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cerebrovascular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cerebrovascular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From cerebro- +‎ vascular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾebɾobaskuˈlaɾ/ [θe.ɾe.β̞ɾo.β̞as.kuˈlaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seɾebɾobaskuˈlaɾ/ [se.ɾe.β̞ɾo.β̞as.kuˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧re‧bro‧vas‧cu‧lar

Adjective

cerebrovascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrovasculares)

1. cerebrovascular

Derived terms

• accidente cerebrovascular
• ataque cerebrovascular

Further reading

• “cerebrovascular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025