apoplexia — 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
apoplexia is used for these senses in English:
- apoplexy (symptom) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
apoplexy — full definition
- 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.
- noun Extreme, barely containable anger, imagined as strong enough to make someone ill.