bloodstroke

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

blood +‎ stroke. Compare French coup de sang.

Noun[edit]

bloodstroke (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
    • 1829, George Warren, A commentary, with practical observations on disorders of the head:
      All other measures relative to the bloodstroke have an equal reference to those cases where the patient.
  2. A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
    • 2006, Hugh Cook, The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster, page 18:
      Cleaving the air with bloodstroke upon bloodstroke, Jarl made his bitter steel sing.

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