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Back in the United States, my doctor agreed with the French hospital's assessment that I'd probably had something called a transient ischemic attack-a tiny, passing stroke that leaves no permanent damage, but is a powerful warning sign of worse things to come.

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  1. adjective Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth” (Lydia M. Child).
  2. adjective Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.
  3. adjective Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.

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  • He spent years as a transient, was friends with Janis Joplin and —  Pollstar Photo RSS Feed
  • Back in the United States, my doctor agreed with the French hospital's assessment that I'd probably had something called a transient ischemic attack-a tiny, passing stroke that leaves no permanent damage, but is a powerful warning sign of worse things to come. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
  • Often called a ministroke, a transient ischemic attack may be a warning. —  All MayoClinic.com Topics
  • About one in three people who have a transient ischemic attack eventually has a stroke, with about half occurring within a year after the transient ischemic attack. —  All MayoClinic.com Topics
  • Data show 30 days after a transient ischemic attack (TIA), women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke, 14 percent less likely to have heart-related problems and 26 percent less likely to die than men of the same age, the researchers said.
 

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  1. Alteration of Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt-, present participle of trānsīre, to go over : trāns-, over; see trans- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin transien (t-) s, present participle of transire, go over, pass over, pass through, from trans, over, + ire, go: see iter. Cf. ambient and transeunt.
 

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