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

1 sense of transient ischemic attack

Sense 1
transient ischemic attack, TIA -- (brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage)
       => ischemia, ischaemia -- (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)