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apoplexie — meaning in English

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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.

Senses

apoplexie is used for these senses in English:

  • apoplexy (symptom) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.

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.