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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apoplexy \Ap"o*plex`y\ ([a^]p"[-o]*pl[e^]ks`[y^]), n. [OE. poplexye LL poplexia apoplexia fr Gr 'apoplhxi`a, fr 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein to strike: cf F. apoplexie See {Plague}.] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apoplexy n : a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: {stroke}, {cerebrovascular accident}, {CVA}]
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