Stroke (disambiguation)
A stroke or brain stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.
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A stroke or stroking may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Stroke (journal), a cardiology journal
- Stroke 9, a rock band
- "The Stroke", a 1981 song by Billy Squier
- The Strokes, a rock band
- "Stroke", a 2019 song by Banks from the album III
Health conditions
- Myocardial infarction or heart stroke
- Sunstroke, a condition caused by overexposure to the sun
Healthcare 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, 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
- Stroke City, a nickname for Derry, Northern Ireland
- Stroking, a form of a social grooming
See also
- Different Strokes (disambiguation)
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