apoplexy

Definitions


[ˈapəplɛksi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke
(e.g: Browne died of apoplexy)

- extreme anger
(e.g: the decision has aroused apoplexy among environmentalists)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’




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