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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AP'OPLEXY, n. [Gr. from, to strike.]
A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, occasioned by repletion or whatever interrupts the action of the nerves upon the muscles.
Dryden, for the sake of measure, uses apoplex, for apoplexy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English apoplexie, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apopl?xia, from apopl?ssein to cripple by a stroke, from apo- + pl?ssein to strike — more at plaint Date: 15th century stroke 5

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a sudden loss of consciousness, voluntary movement, and sensation caused by blockage or rupture of a brain artery; a stroke. Etymology: ME f. OF apoplexie f. LL apoplexia f. Gk apoplexia (as APOPLECTIC)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apoplexy Ap"o*plex`y ([a^]p"[-o]*pl[e^]ks`[y^]), n. [OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. 'apoplhxi`a, fr. 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague.] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. Note: 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Apoplexy is a stroke. (OLD-FASHIONED) 2. Apoplexy is extreme anger. (FORMAL) He has already caused apoplexy with his books on class and on war.

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