apoplexy

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English poplexye, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin poplexia, apoplexia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía), from ἀποπλήσσειν (apoplḗssein) to cripple by a stroke; ἀπό (apó, “from”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”): compare with French apoplexie. See plague.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/

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Noun

apoplexy (usually uncountable, plural apoplexies)

1. (medicine) Bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.
2. (medicine) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
3. (colloquial) Great anger and excitement.

Usage notes

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.

Related terms

• apoplectic

Translations

bleeding of internal organs

• Finnish: sisäinen verenvuoto
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loss of consciousness

• Catalan: apoplexia (ca) f
• Dutch: apoplexie (nl) f
• Esperanto: apopleksio
• French: apoplexie (fr) f
• German: Apoplexia f, Apoplexie (de) f, Schlaganfall (de) m, Apoplex (de) m
• Greek: αποπληξία (el) (apoplixía), αποπληξία (el) f (apoplixía)
• Hebrew: שבץ (he) m (shavatz)
• Ido: apoplexio (io)
• Interlingue:
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• Irish: apaipléis f
• Norman: apoplexie f (Jersey)
• Polish: apopleksja (pl) f
• Portuguese: apoplexia (pt) f
• Russian: апопле́кси́я (ru) (apopléksíja)
• Slovak: apoplexia (sk) f
• Spanish: apoplejía f
• Swedish: apoplexi (sv)
• Tagalog: sumpong-ulo

References

• “apoplexy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.