Noun: ischemic 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 ischemic stroke";
- ischaemic stroke
Derived forms: ischemic strokes
Type of: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA, ischaemia [Brit, Cdn], ischemia [N. Amer], stroke
Encyclopedia: Ischemic stroke