Dictionary

apoplexy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. ▸ Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) A state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke.
   • Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it. 1983 August 13, Jim Wilson, “Learning From AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6:
   • That message sent him into a fit of apoplexy.

Forms

Deriveds

apoplectic · heat apoplexy

Synonyms

fury · rage · anger · ire

Translations (39)

fi sisäinen verenvuoto (bleeding of internal organs) · eo apopleksio (loss of consciousness) · ru апопле́кси́я (loss of consciousness) · ga apaipléis (loss of consciousness) · de Apoplex (bleeding of internal organs) · es apoplejía (loss of consciousness) · bg апоплексия (bleeding of internal organs) · de Schlaganfall (loss of consciousness) · de Apoplex (loss of consciousness) · tl sumpong-ulo (loss of consciousness) · es apoplejía (bleeding of internal organs) · grc ἀποπληξία (bleeding of internal organs) · mk апопле́ксија (loss of consciousness) · sv apoplexi (loss of consciousness) · de Apoplexie (bleeding of internal organs) · ota طامله (loss of consciousness) · he שבץ (loss of consciousness) · tr sekte (loss of consciousness) · io apoplexio (loss of consciousness) · de Apoplexia (loss of consciousness) · bg апоплексия (loss of consciousness) · pl apopleksja (loss of consciousness) · nl apoplexie (loss of consciousness) · he שָׁבָץ (bleeding of internal organs) · fr apoplexie (loss of consciousness) · tr inme (loss of consciousness) · nrf apoplexie (loss of consciousness) · sk apoplexia (loss of consciousness) · de Apoplexie (loss of consciousness) · el αποπληξία (loss of consciousness) · el αποπληξία (loss of consciousness) · ca apoplexia (loss of consciousness) · cmn 卒中 (bleeding of internal organs) · hu apoplexia (bleeding of internal organs) · pl apopleksja (bleeding of internal organs) · pt apoplexia (loss of consciousness) · mk у́дар (loss of consciousness) · mk да́мла (loss of consciousness) · hi रक्ताघात (bleeding of internal organs)