ministroke
Americannoun
noun
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Tiede, 65, who has diabetes and hypertension, alleges he continues to have serious health conditions after suffering something similar to a ministroke because of the extreme heat in his cell.
From Seattle Times
Our credit score was shot by the medical bills we couldn’t pay after my daughter Lucy’s terrifying time and the hospital stay for my ministroke.
From The Guardian
Soon after Liebowitz appeared on the scene, attorney Robert Penchina, who has represented several media companies sued by Liebowitz, had a ministroke.
From Slate
A retinal hemorrhage, a type of ministroke, temporarily blinded his left eye.
From New York Times
It was determined that he had had a kind of ministroke — a transient ischemic attack, or temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain caused by a clot.
From New York Times
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