transient ischemic attack

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   brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage

   SynonymsTIA

   Broaderischemia

Questions about transient ischemic attack

What does transient ischemic attack mean?

transient ischemic attack means "brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage".

What is another word for transient ischemic attack?

Close synonyms include TIA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transient ischemic attack a common word?

transient ischemic attack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.