Online used-car retailer Carvana expanding to Miami. Carvana.com offers consumers the ability to shop, finance, purchase and trade in a car using its online platform â without ever stepping into a dealership. Online auto retailer Carvana is expanding to Miami.
retraction. the act of drawing back, or condition of being drawn back. clot retraction the drawing away of a blood clot from the wall of a vessel, a stage of wound healing caused by contraction of platelets; it is a function of blood platelets that can be tested to assess platelet viability.
Best Answer: A mini stroke is in fact lay slang, rather than a medical term. It would simply mean a completed stroke with minimal residual weakness. A TIA or transient iscaemic attack is not technically a stroke, since by definition it leaves behind no permanent weakness. It is merely a brief blockage in a brain artery, either due to spasm or a temporary clumping of platelets that clears spontaneously. Source(s): GP for more years than I care to remember.