apoplexy

Japanese: apoplexy
apoplexy

... refers to a sudden disturbance of consciousness and motor paralysis caused by a pathological process of the cerebrovascular system, and is also simply called apoplexy. Therefore, stroke is a syndrome and not a disease name. Cerebrovascular disorders do not necessarily show disturbance of consciousness or motor paralysis, but it is often used in a broad sense to mean acute cerebrovascular disorders. In addition, the words chufu (paralysis) and chuuki (paralysis) are sometimes used synonymously with stroke, but generally they often refer to a state in which a stroke leaves one side of the body or other motor paralysis as an aftereffect.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "apoplexy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…脳血管の病的過程により急激に意識障害と運動麻痺をきたしたものをいい,単に卒中apoplexyともいう。したがって脳卒中は一つの症候群であり疾患名ではない。脳血管障害では意識障害や運動麻痺を必ずしも示すとは限らないが,広義に解釈して急性型の脳血管障害という意味で用いることも多い。また,中風(ちゆうふう∥ちゆうぶう)または中気という言葉が脳卒中と同義に用いられることもあるが,一般には,卒中発作後,後遺症として半身不随(片麻痺)などの運動麻痺を残した状態をいうことが多い。…

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