apoplexy

ap·o·plex·y  (p-plks)

n.

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

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

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

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[Middle English apoplexie, from Old French, from Late Latin apoplxia, from Greek apoplxi, from apoplssein, apoplg-, to cripple by a stroke : apo-, intensive pref.; see apo- + plssein, to strike; see plk-² in Indo-European roots.]

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apoplexy

Noun

Med a stroke [Greek apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

apoplexy - a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain cerebrovascular accident, CVA, stroke attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke - the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke - stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain cerebral hemorrhage - bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain

Translations

apoplexy [ˈæpəplɛksɪ] n → apoplegía

apoplexy [ˈæpəplɛksɪ] n → apoplexie f

apoplexy [ˈæpəplɛksɪ] n → Schlaganfall m

apoplexy [ˈæpəplɛksɪ] n → apoplessia