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  • noun Plural form of ministroke.

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Examples

  • Examples of symptoms would be ministrokes or temporary loss of sight or speech.

    Drug Therapy Gains Favor to Avert Stroke 2009

  • The area farthest from two blood-supply lines is the watershed area where we tend to have ministrokes when the branches of surrounding trees are pruned by atherosclerosis or the tree trunks themselves wither from poor maintenance see Figure 1.3.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Neurologists estimate that there are up to 500,000 ministrokes annually in the U.S.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • Neurologists estimate that there are up to 500,000 ministrokes annually in the U.S.

    Medpundit 2005

  • The area farthest from two blood-supply lines is the watershed area where we tend to have ministrokes when the branches of surrounding trees are pruned by atherosclerosis or the tree trunks themselves wither from poor maintenance see Figure 1.3.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Not long ago he began having ministrokes, which caused this wonderful dog to collapse to the floor yipping like a baby, unable to stand for minutes at a time.

    Rescuing Sprite Mark R. Levin 2007

  • The area farthest from two blood-supply lines is the watershed area where we tend to have ministrokes when the branches of surrounding trees are pruned by atherosclerosis or the tree trunks themselves wither from poor maintenance see Figure 1.3.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Not long ago he began having ministrokes, which caused this wonderful dog to collapse to the floor yipping like a baby, unable to stand for minutes at a time.

    Rescuing Sprite Mark R. Levin 2007

  • He kept getting these ministrokes that knocked him out for days at a time.

    Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

  • It is also possible that small clots could form during surgery that might cause ministrokes—which would of course affect neurological function.

    Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996

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