apoplexy
Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or strokeUnconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
» The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, dated, uncountable)Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
Apoplex, Apoplexie
Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
Apoplexia, Apoplexie, Schlaganfall
апопле́кси́яapopléksíja
(countable, informal, uncountable)A state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke.
That message sent him into a fit of apoplexy.
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
Examples
1 sentencesThe medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy.
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient GreLate Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.
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Forms
plural: apoplexies| Singular | apoplexy |
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Synonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
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