ischaemic stroke

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1. 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) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, cva, stroke,
definition	:	a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain (noun.state)

hypernym	:	ischaemia, ischemia,
definition	:	local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism (noun.state)