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apoplexy definition

apo·plexy (apə plek′sē)

noun

  1. Old-fashioned a cerebral accident or stroke
  2. a condition in any organ of severe hemorrhage or infarction

Etymology: ME & OFr apoplexie < LL apoplexia < Gr apoplēxia < apoplēssein, to strike down, disable by a stroke < apo-, from + plēssein, to strike < IE base *plāg- > plague

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