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TIA

UK/tiːə/ US/ˈtiʌ/ uncommon

noun

1.

brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage

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Origin

Invented in the latter half of the twentieth century. It can be explained as a short form of Letitia or Venetia, or from Estonian Tiia, pet form of Dorothea.

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