ministroke

See also: mini-stroke and mini stroke

English

Etymology

mini- +‎ stroke

Noun

ministroke (plural ministrokes)

1. (colloquial) A transient ischemic attack.
   • 2008 June 15, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Strange Spells”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Translations

transient ischemic attack — see transient ischemic attack