Stroke (disambiguation)

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A stroke or brain stroke is a cerebral accident.

A stroke or stroking may also refer to

Healthcare

• Myocardial infarction or heart stroke
• Sunstroke, a condition caused by overexposure to the sun

Places

• Stroke City, a nickname for Derry, Northern Ireland

Music

• Stroke 9, a rock band
• "The Stroke", a 1981 song by Billy Squier
• The Strokes, a rock band

Periodicals

• Stroke (journal), a cardiology journal

Organizations

• American Stroke Association
• Stroke Alliance for Europe
• Stroke Association, United Kingdom
• World Stroke Organization

Sports

• Stroke (rowing), various meanings in the sport of rowing
• Stroke, a scuba diver who is not following the rules of Doing It Right
• Stroke play, a scoring system used in golf
• Swimming stroke, a swimming style
• The Stroke (wrestling maneuver)

Writing and graphics

• Stroke (CJK character), part of a Chinese character
• Stroke, a trace of ink in handwriting
• Stroke, a line that makes up part or all of a letter in typeface anatomy
• Stroke, as a spoken word, where in writing the / symbol would have been used
• Stroke, one of the two basic methods of drawing a path in vector graphics
• Bar (diacritic) or stroke
• Slash (punctuation), the typographical character

Other uses

• Stroke (engine), a single action of some engines
• Stroke (Fast One), a deception
• Stroke, the recognition, attention or responsiveness that one person gives another in transactional analysis
• Stroking, a form of a social grooming

See also

• Different Strokes (disambiguation)