#affliction  a cause of great suffering and distress
  supertype:  trouble  an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"
  subtype:  calvary__martyrdom  any experience that causes intense suffering
  subtype:  tribulation__trial__visitation  an annoying or frustrating event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
     subtype:  fire.tribulation  a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
  subtype:  curse__torment  a severe affliction
  subtype:  attack  a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
     subtype:  anxiety_attack__anxietyattack  a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic
     subtype:  ictus__ictu__seizure__raptus  a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"
        subtype:  convulsion  violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
           subtype:  clonus  convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations
           subtype:  epileptic_seizure__epilepticseizure  convulsions accompanied by impaired consciousness
              subtype:  grand_mal__grandmal__generalized_seizure__generalizedseizure__epilepsia_major__epilepsiamajor  a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
              subtype:  petit_mal__petitmal__epilepsia_minor__epilepsiaminor  a seizure (or a type of epilepsy characterized by such seizures) of short duration characterized by momentary unconsciousness and local muscle spasms or twitching
        subtype:  focal_seizure__focalseizure  transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity
        subtype:  raptus_hemorrhagicus  seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage
     subtype:  touch.attack__spot  a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
     subtype:  apoplexy__stroke__cerebrovascular_accident__cerebrovascularaccident__CVA  a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
        subtype:  ischemic_stroke__ischaemic_stroke__ischaemicstroke  the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)
        subtype:  hemorrhagic_stroke__hemorrhagicstroke__haemorrhagic_stroke  stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
     subtype:  paroxysm__fit  a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"
     subtype:  hysterics__hysteric  an attack of hysteria
     subtype:  occlusion  closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
        subtype:  laryngospasm  a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs
        subtype:  embolism  occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
           subtype:  air_embolism__airembolism__aeroembolism__gas_embolism__gasembolism  obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
           subtype:  fat_embolism__fatembolism  serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver
           subtype:  pulmonary_embolism__pulmonaryembolism  blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot
        subtype:  thromboembolism  occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
        subtype:  thrombosis  the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
           subtype:  cerebral_thrombosis  a blood clot in a cerebral artery or vein
           subtype:  coronary_thrombosis__coronary  obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
           subtype:  milk_leg__white_leg__whiteleg__phlegmasia_alba_dolens  painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
           subtype:  phlebothrombosis__venous_thrombosis  thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood
        subtype:  coronary_occlusion  occlusion of a coronary artery caused either by progressive atherosclerosis or by a blood clot
     subtype:  heart_attack__heartattack  a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
  subtype:  bane__curse__scourge__nemesis__nemesi  something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

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