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Noun: ischemic stroke
  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)
    - ischaemic stroke

Derived forms: ischemic strokes

Type of: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA, ischaemia [Brit, Cdn], ischemia [N. Amer], stroke

Encyclopedia: Ischemic stroke