| 单词 | transient ischaemic attack |
| 释义 | > as lemmastransient ischaemic attack transient ischaemic attack n. Medicine a sudden, temporary episode of neurological dysfunction caused by inadequate blood flow through arteries supplying the brain, usually as a result of atherosclerosis; abbreviated TIA; cf. mini-stroke n. ΚΠ 1958 Cerebral Vascular Dis.: Trans. 2nd Conf. Amer. Heart Assoc. 85/1 Transient ischemic attacks probably can occur in association with thrombosis of any cerebral artery, deep or superficial. 1961 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 30 582/1 Angina does not, of course, occur during episodes of cerebral ischemia but instead there are episodes of transient functional paralysis often poorly termed ‘little strokes’. Better terms are ‘intermittent insufficiency’ or ‘transient ischemic attacks’. 1992 Independent 4 Feb. 13/7 Transient Ischaemic Attacks (TIAs), as mini-strokes are called, can lead to brief bouts of weakness or clumsiness. 2008 Z. Heller Believers i. 41 Joel was brought in this morning having suffered a transient ischemic attack, or what we sometimes refer to as a ‘mini-stroke’. < as lemmas |
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