ischaemic stroke

Noun
  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) (synset 114189840)
    is a type 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
    same as: ischemic stroke

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