ISCHAEMIC STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ischaemic stroke mean? 

• ISCHAEMIC STROKE (noun)
  The noun ISCHAEMIC STROKE has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: ISCHAEMIC STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISCHAEMIC STROKE (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ischaemic stroke; ischemic stroke

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)