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prestroke

prestroke adjective: occurring before a stroke.

Adjective

prestroke (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before a stroke

Noun

prestroke (plural prestrokes)

  1. A transient ischemic attack

Forms of prestroke

pluralprestrokes

Origin of prestroke

From pre- + stroke.

Questions about prestroke

What does prestroke mean?
Prestroke means occurring before a stroke.
What part of speech is prestroke?
Prestroke can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prestroke in the dictionary

  1. prestriate
  2. Prestridge
  3. Prestridges
  4. prestrike
  5. prestriped
  6. prestroke
  7. prestrokes
  8. prestructural
  9. prestructure
  10. prestructured
  11. prestructures

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