TIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does TIA mean? 

• TIA (noun)
  The noun TIA has 1 sense:

1. brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage

  Familiarity information: TIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

TIA; transient ischemic attack

Hypernyms ("TIA" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes Fas-activated serine/threonine kinase protein, is involved in apoptotic inhibition via a mechanism mediated by the translational silencer TIA-1.

(FASTK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The diagnostic criteria may include current or previous history of the following: Ischemic stroke, TIA, Noninvasive or invasive arterial imaging test demonstrating greater than or equal to 50% stenosis of any of the major extracranial or intracranial vessels to the brain; Previous cervical or cerebral artery revascularization surgery or percutaneous intervention.

(Cerebrovascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)