Apoplexy

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The apoplexy (actually the apoplexy from ancient Greek ἀποπληξία 'blow' , in antiquity and in the Middle Ages for sudden events with loss of consciousness or with partial paralysis as well as suffering of the brain that suddenly and suddenly takes away sensation and movement from the body), formerly also called stroke flow , is a medical term for a sudden circulatory disorder of an organ or part of the body. In medical colloquial language, the term is often used today as a synonym for apoplexia cerebri ( stroke ); but especially earlier it was also used in connection with other organs, u. a. as

The term insult is used synonymously (from Latin insultare , `` jump in '' , `` mock ''). A stroke, which is suddenly occurring cerebrovascular insufficiency , is therefore also referred to as a cerebrovascular insult or cerebrovascular accident .

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Wiktionary: Apoplexy  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Axel W. Bauer : Stroke. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1300.
  2. ^ Axel Karenberg , Irmgart Hort: Criticism of authority in Bernhard von Gordon? The apoplexy chapter in the 'Lilium medicinae'. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 19, 2000, pp. 7-11.
  3. Reinhard Platzek: Review of Peter Brunner: Aschaffenburg Hospital and Clinic. A historical outline 1793–2014. Schmitt, Neustadt an der Aisch 2014, ISBN 978-3-87707-933-1 . In: Medical historical messages. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), p. 299 f., Here: p. 299, note 2.