apoplexy

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apoplexy

/ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/

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Late 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.

noun apoplexies

countable, dated, uncountable Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
countable, dated, uncountable Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
countable, informal, uncountable A state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke. That message sent him into a fit of apoplexy.

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