TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transient ischemic attack mean? 

• TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (noun)
  The noun TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (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 ("transient ischemic attack" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A syndrome resulting from structural defects of the arteries that arise from the aortic arch. Signs and symptoms include weakness, dizziness, arm numbness, blurred vision and transient ischemic attacks.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

PAD can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, and transient ischemic attack.

(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It is characterized by alterations of the muscular wall of the small vessels in the brain, resulting in transient ischemic attacks.

(CADASIL Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)