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A stroke (a "brain stroke" or "brain attack") is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

Stroke or stroking may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Stroke (composition), a 2010 orchestral composition by Joan Tower
• Stroke (film), a 1992 Canadian short film
• Stroke (journal), a cardiology journal
• Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox, a 2009 benefit compilation album
• "The Stroke", a 1981 song by Billy Squier
• The Strokes, a rock band
• "Stroke", a 2019 song by Banks from III
• "Strokin'", a 1986 song by Clarence Carter

Health conditions

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

Sports

• Rowing stroke, the action of moving an oar through the water to propel a boat forward
• Stroke (position), in the sport of rowing, the rower seated closest to the stern
• 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

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, a line drawn across a grapheme.
• Slash (punctuation), the typographical character, is also known as a "stroke"

Other uses

• Stroke (engine), a single action of some engines
• Stroke, the recognition, attention or responsiveness that one person gives another in transactional analysis

See also

• Different Strokes (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages