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Definition of: apoplexy
(ap′ə·plek′sē) noun Pathol.
1. Sudden loss or diminution of sensation and of the power of voluntary motion, due to an acute vascular lesion of the brain, as from hemorrhage; a stroke of paralysis.
2. A sudden discharge of blood within an organ. [ <OF apoplexie <L apoplexia <Gk. apoplēxia < apoplēssein disable by a stroke < apo- from, off + plēssein strike]
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