ministroke

noun

ministroke

noun

Etymology From mini- + stroke.

1

Colloquial A transient ischemic attack.

Initially, Ichord, like the doctors before her, thought these “spells,” as the boy called them, sounded like T.I.A.’s — ministrokes.2008 June 15, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Strange Spells”, in New York Times:

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