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apoplexy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cerebrovascular accident, cva, stroke |
| Type of | attack |
| Has types | haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke |
| Derivation | apoplectic |
Examples of apoplexy
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Many in the crowd neared apoplexy about TV interviews of VP pick Gov. Sarah Palin.
From the denverpost.com
Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it.
From the washingtontimes.com
In real life, no one could have survived Gordon's career-long fit of apoplexy.
From the time.com
In 1849 he died suddenly of apoplexy, and was buried in the Grindel cemetery.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Davies was found in his home, dead of apoplexy on the morning of 8 December.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Symptoms of plethora were believed to include fever, apoplexy, and headache.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If there has been less apoplexy there's probably been a lot more puzzlement.
From the guardian.co.uk
There certainly were in the readers'editor's inbox, and a dash of apoplexy.
From the smh.com.au
Apart from driven me to apoplexy on more than one occasion through sheer incompetence.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Stroke: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- Apoplexy is a medical term, which can be used to mean 'bleeding' in a cerebrovascular accident. However, without further specification it is rather outdated, and is today rather used for specific conditions, such as pituitary apoplexy. ...
- Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain
- A historical, but obsolete term for a cerebral stroke, most often intracerebral hemorrhage, that was applied to any condition that involved disorientation and/or paralysis.
- A crippling stroke, sometimes fatal, usually associated with sudden loss of muscle control or paralysis.
- Sudden neurologic impairment due to a cerebrovascular disorder, e.g., cerebral stroke
- [Late Middle English, through Late Latin from Greek apoplexia] 1 A sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain; a stroke. 2 With specifying word: a haemorrhage or failure of blood supply in another organ or part. Now rare or obsolete.
- The result of a stroke (cerebrovascular accident (CVA)).
- Apoplexy is the condition of having suffered a stroke; intracranial hemorrhage.
