apoplexy
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əˌplɛk noun Pathology.
1.
stroke ( def 6 ).
2.
a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel.
3.
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
1350–1400; Middle English apoplexie < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to apóplēkt(os) (see apoplectic) + -ia -y3
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| 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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Word Origin & History
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,
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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Example sentences
Not just finding it, but being outraged by it to the point of apoplexy.
America's insouciance has caused apoplexy north of the border.
He returned to his house on 105th Street, and continuing difficulties brought on an attack of apoplexy.
No need to fall into an apoplexy over a matter of semantics.
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