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Webster 1913 Edition
Apoplexy
Ap′o-plexˊy
(ăp′ō̍-plĕksˊy̆)
, Noun.
[OE.
poplexye
, LL. poplexia
, apoplexia
, fr. Gr. ἀποπληξία
, fr. ἀποπλήσσειν
to cripple by a stroke; ἀπό
from + πλήσσειν
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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apoplexy
AP'OPLEXY
,Noun.
A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, occasioned by repletion or whatever interrupts the action of the nerves upon the muscles.
Dryden, for the sake of measure, uses apoplex, for apoplexy.
Definition 2024
apoplexy
apoplexy
English
Noun
apoplexy (plural apoplexies)
- (medicine) Bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.
- (medicine) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
- (colloquial) Great anger and excitement.
Translations
loss of consciousness
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.
Related terms
References
- apoplexy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913