apoplexy

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæp.ə.plɛk.si/ === Noun === apoplexy (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. ==== 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “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.