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[ap-uh-plek-see]

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noun Pathology.

stroke (def. 6).

a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel.

a hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English apoplexie < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to apóplēkt(os) (see apoplectic) + -ia -y³

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ap·o·plec·ti·form

[ap-uh-plek-tuh-fawrm] , ap·o·plec·toid, adjective

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apoplexy (ˈæpəˌplɛksɪ)

—n
	sudden loss of consciousness, often followed by paralysis, caused by rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain

[C14: from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplēxia, from Greek: from apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke, from plēssein to strike]

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apoplexy

late 14c., "sudden fit of paralysis and dizziness," from L.L. apoplexia, from Gk. apoplexia, from apoplessein "to strike down and incapacitate," from apo- "off" (see apo-), in this case probably an intensive prefix, + plessein "hit" (cf. plague,

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also with a root sense of "stricken"). The L. translation, sideratio, means "disease caused by a constellation."

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Medical Dictionary

apoplexy ap·o·plex·y (āp'ə-plěk'sē)
n.

Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
An effusion of blood into a tissue or organ.

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