שבץ

Etymology
In sense “anguish, death pangs”, occurs once in the Bible. In sense “stroke”, is shortened from.

Noun

 * 1)  Anguish, death pangs.
 * 2) * II Samuel 1:9:
 * וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי עֲמָד־נָא עָלַי וּמֹתְתֵנִי כִּי אֲחָזַנִי הַשָּׁבָץ כִּי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִּי׃
 * vayómer elái amód-na alái umotkhéni ki akhazáni hashaváts kí-kól-ód nafshí bí.
 * He [Saul] said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.
 * 1) A stroke: a sudden loss of function after blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
 * 2) * 2012 August 30, Dr. Itay Gal (ד״ר איתי גל), &lrm; “חדשה מתוקה: שוקולד מפחית סיכון לשבץ בגברים” (khadashá m'tuká: shókolad mafkhít sikún l' shaváts big'varím, “Sweet news: Chocolate lowers risk of stroke in men”), Ynet.