apoplexia — meaning in English

English meaning

• apoplexy noun A sudden loss of consciousness, movement or speech caused by bleeding in or blocked blood flow to the brain; the older medical name for a stroke.
• stroke noun A sudden loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which can cause lasting damage or death.

Senses

apoplexia is used for these senses in English:

• apoplexy (symptom) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
• stroke (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

apoplexy — full definition

1. noun A sudden loss of consciousness, movement or speech caused by bleeding in or blocked blood flow to the brain; the older medical name for a stroke.
2. noun Extreme, barely containable anger, imagined as strong enough to make someone ill.

stroke — full definition

1. noun A sudden loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which can cause lasting damage or death.
2. noun A single movement of a tool, brush, oar, or limb, or the mark it leaves.
3. noun A stretch of good luck or a single impressive achievement.
4. verb To move a hand or object gently across a surface.

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