apoplexy
English
editEtymology
editLate Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈæp.ə.plɛk.si/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
editapoplexy (countable and uncountable, plural apoplexies)
- (medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
- (medicine) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
- (informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
- 1983 August 13, Jim Wilson, “Learning From AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6:
- Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it.
Usage notes
editThe 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editbleeding of internal organs
loss of consciousness
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References
edit- “apoplexy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “apoplexy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “apoplexy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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