ISCHAEMIC STROKE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)

Synonyms:

ischaemic stroke; ischemic stroke

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ischaemic stroke" is a kind of...):

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

ischaemia; ischemia (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)

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