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mindbullets | 17:36 Wed 14th May 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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why is a stroke called a stroke?
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The word stroke has, as one of it's meanings, "sudden action, movement or occurrence". A 'stroke' that you refer to, in the medical sense, is a sudden occurrence of interruption of the blood supply to the brain.
17:46 Wed 14th May 2003
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In the religious sense to be paralysed on one side of the body because of being struck by the rod from God. Maybe the hand of God.
18:07 Fri 16th May 2003
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My mum had one a few months back, and they are devastating things. I now think of them as an horrendous "stroke" of bad luck. If there is a God, he/she is not a very nice person to let this happen to such a wonderful human being!
23:36 Fri 16th May 2003
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I've also read about them being referred to as "brain attacks" in the very interesting bestseller about 10 years ago titled "How we Die" .....which is really a facinating read.
09:56 Wed 21st May 2003

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