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ISCHAEMIC STROKE
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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
Classified under:
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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