Apoplexy

The stroke (actually the apoplexy of Greek ὰποπληξία, "blow" ) is a medical term for a sudden circulatory disorder of an organ or body region. In medical language, this term is now often used as a synonym for cerebral apoplexy (stroke), but in particular he found earlier also in connection with other organs use, including as

• Apoplexy adrenalis ( adrenal )
• Apoplexy intestinalis neonatorum ( birth trauma of the abdominal organs )
• Apoplexy papillae ( closure of the retina or the optic nerve supplying the ophthalmic artery ),
• Apoplexy retinalis ( retinal bleeding in the eye ) or
• Apoplexy spinalis ( spinal cord).

The term stroke is used Synonymous (from Latin insultare, " jump in "; " mock ").

At the stroke, which is a sudden onset of cerebrovascular insufficiency, therefore it is also called a cerebrovascular accident or cerebrovascular accident.

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