completed stroke

stroke (strōk)

1. a sudden and severe attack.

2. stroke syndrome.

3. a pulsation.

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completed stroke  stroke syndrome reflecting the infarction of the vascular territory that is put at risk by a stenosis or occlusion of a feeding vessel.

embolic stroke  stroke syndrome due to cerebral embolism.

stroke in evolution  a preliminary, unstable stage in stroke syndrome in which the blockage is present but the syndrome has not progressed to the stage of completed stroke.

heat stroke  a condition due to excessive exposure to heat, with dry skin, vertigo, headache, thirst, nausea, and muscular cramps; the body temperature may be dangerously elevated.

thrombotic stroke  stroke syndrome due to cerebral thrombosis, most often superimposed on a plaque of atherosclerosis.

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completed stroke

Neurology A stroke in which there is no further ischemia or loss of functional activity. See Cerebrovascular accident, Transient ischemic attack.