Ministroke

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A transient ischemic attack. colloquial

    "Initially, Ichord, like the doctors before her, thought these “spells,” as the boy called them, sounded like T.I.A.’s — ministrokes."

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"Initially, Ichord, like the doctors before her, thought these “spells,” as the boy called them, sounded like T.I.A.’s — ministrokes."

Etymology

From mini- + stroke.

Related phrases

transient ischemic attack

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