Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ischemic_stroke

1 sense of ischemic stroke

Sense 1
ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke -- (the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel))
       => stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA -- (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)
       => ischemia, ischaemia -- (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)