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ministroke

American  
[min-ee-strohk] / ˈmɪn iˌstroʊk /

ministroke British  
/ ˌmɪnɪˈstrəʊk /

noun

  1. an informal name for TIA

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 ● Apr. 22, 2024

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 ● Oct. 8, 2019

Soon after Liebowitz appeared on the scene, attorney Robert Penchina, who has represented several media companies sued by Liebowitz, had a ministroke.

From Slate ● May 24, 2018

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 ● Jan. 1, 2017

An additional 1.2 million Americans over the age of 45, the study showed, have most likely suffered a ministroke without realizing it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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