apoplexy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Late 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
apoplexy (countable and uncountable, plural apoplexies)
- (medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
- (medicine) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
- (informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
- 1983 August 13, Jim Wilson, “Learning From AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6:
- Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it.
Usage notes[edit]
The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
bleeding of internal organs
loss of consciousness
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References[edit]
- “apoplexy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “apoplexy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “apoplexy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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