Noun: 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)
"The patient was rushed to the hospital with symptoms of an ischaemic stroke";
- ischemic stroke
Derived forms: ischaemic strokes
Type of: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA, ischaemia [Brit, Cdn], ischemia [N. Amer], stroke
Encyclopedia: Ischaemic stroke