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apoplexy

apop·lexy

UK/ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/ US/ˈæpʌˌplɛksi/ uncommon dated informal

noun

1.

a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

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Origin

Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.

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  • heat apoplexy

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