Apoplexy
11apoplexy — apoplectiform /ap euh plek teuh fawrm /, apoplectoid, adj. /ap euh plek see/, n. Pathol. 1. stroke (def. 6). 2. a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel. 3. a hemorrhage into an organ cavity… …
12apoplexy — noun /ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/ Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. See Also: apoplectic …
13apoplexy — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, angina, angina pectoris, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apoplectic… …
14Apoplexy — A loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion as a result of obstruction of arterial flow to the brain. Treated with Tamarindus …
15apoplexy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. paralysis, stroke (See disease). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. breaking a blood vessel, thrombosis, occlusion, circulatory trouble, stroke, seizure; see also disease …
16apoplexy — ap|o|plex|y [ˈæpəpleksi] n [U] old fashioned [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: apoplexia, from Greek, from apoplessein to damage with a stroke , from apo ( APOCALYPSE) + plessein to strike ] an illness in your brain which causes you to… …
17apoplexy — ap|o|plex|y [ æpə,pleksi ] noun uncount INFORMAL extreme anger …
18apoplexy — [14] The Greek verb apopléssein meant ‘incapacitate by means of a stroke’. It was formed from the prefix apo ‘away, off’ (here used as an intensive) and the verb pléssein ‘hit’ (source of English plectrum [17] and related to English complain,… …
19apoplexy — ap·o·plex·y || æpÉ™pleksɪ n. loss of movement, feeling, etc.; stroke, heart failure …
20apoplexy — [ apəplɛksi] noun (plural apoplexies) 1》 extreme anger. 2》 dated unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke. Origin ME: from OFr. apoplexie, from late L. apoplexia, from Gk apoplēxia, from apoplēssein disable by …
