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n. Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.

n. A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue.

n. A fit of extreme anger; rage: "The proud . . . members suffered collective apoplexy, and this year they are out for blood” ( David Finch).

n. Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

n. Great anger and excitement.

n. Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

n. In pathology, a sudden loss or impairment of consciousness and voluntary motion, caused by the rupture of a blood-vessel in the brain, an embolism, or other cerebral shock. [Sometimes incorrectly used to denote hemorrhage into the tissues of any organ.]

n. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

"They called the phenomenon "apoplexy," a Greek word that translates to being violently struck down, as if from a club."

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choroid apoplexy    placental apoplexy    heat apoplexy    verminous apoplexy    bulbar apoplexy    hepatic apoplexy    serous apoplexy    nervous apoplexy    pulmonary apoplexy   

apoplectic   

ischemic stroke    ischaemic stroke    haemorrhagic stroke    hemorrhagic stroke   

epilepsy    catalepsy    pleurisy    alcoholism    sciatica    bronchitis    jaundice    palsy    faintness    chorea