ischemic stroke

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Noun ischemic stroke has 1 sense

ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke - 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)
--₁ is a kind of stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA; ischemia, ischaemia