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• TIA
  TIA

  abbreviation

  transient ischemic attack.
• tia
  tia

  noun

  aunt; (also used as a term of respect toward an older woman).

TIA

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. transient ischemic attack.

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tia ² American  

[tee-uh] / ˈti ə /

noun

tias plural

1. Spanish. aunt; (also used as a term of respect toward an older woman).

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TIA British  

abbreviation

1. transient ischaemic attack; a stroke causing minor and temporary symptoms

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tias
  plural

Example Sentences

The Platform is home to curated shops, office spaces and eateries such as Juliet, Blue Bottle, Reformation and Tia women’s health clinic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Tia, 25, recently moved into a property in Ealing, which she could only afford due to the London Living Rent scheme.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

That same year gave us David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s HBO drama “Treme. Two years before that, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal co-directed 2008’s critically acclaimed “Trouble the Water.”

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

She and her wife, Tia, had always discussed having children after basketball, but that reality came sooner than expected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

Tia Lourdes gets upset and says it’s like a horoscope, that it means nothing unless you want it to, that it’s a complete waste of time.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García