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Apoplexy: A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness and paralysis of various parts of the body.
The word "apoplexy" comes from the Greek "apoplexia" meaning a seizure, in the sense of being struck down. In Greek "plexe" is "a stroke." The ancients believed that someone suffering a stroke (or any sudden incapacity) had been struck down by the gods.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ăp ' ə-plĕk ' sē ) n. Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral ...
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ap·o·plex·y (p-pl k s) n. 1. Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke. 2. A sudden effusion of ...
Definition of APOPLEXY: stroke 5 . See apoplexy defined for English-language learners » See apoplexy defined for kids » Examples of APOPLEXY. Her speech caused ...
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 ...