noun
cerebral ischemia; brain ischemia
Medical term for reduced blood flow to the brain, often used in contexts of stroke or transient ischemic attack.
脳虚血は脳卒中の主な原因の一つです。
Cerebral ischemia is one of the main causes of stroke.
一過性脳虚血発作の症状は
Symptoms of a transient ischemic attack often disappear within a short time.
虚血 is the general term for ischemia; 脳虚血 specifies the brain as the affected organ.
Compound of 脳 (brain) and 虚血 (ischemia), a medical term formed from kanji meaning 'brain' and 'deficient blood'.