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apoplexy Noun Med a stroke [Greek apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke]
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Translations apoplexy [ˈæpəplɛksɪ] n → apoplegía How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Nineteen months afterward his widow died of apoplexy at a boarding-house in Cheltenham. She had indeed given her master sufficient time to dress himself; for out of respect to him, and regard to decency, she had spent many minutes in adjusting her hair at the looking-glass, notwithstanding all the hurry in which she had been summoned by the servant, and though her master, for aught she knew, lay expiring in an apoplexy, or in some other fit. He died one morning of apoplexy, as he was going to open his outer door. |
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