Apoplexy
['æpəpleksɪ] or ['æpəplɛksi]
Definition
(n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Typist: Shelley
Definition
n. loss of sensation and of motion by a sudden stroke generally applied by modern medical writers to rupture of a blood-vessel with hemorrhage in the brain or its membranes whether with or without consciousness—also figuratively.—adjs. Apoplec′tic -al pertaining to or causing apoplexy: suffering from or likely to suffer from apoplexy.—adv. Apoplec′tically.—n. Ap′oplex (arch.) apoplexy.—adj. Ap′oplexed (Shak.) affected with apoplexy.
Checker: Luther
Examples
- The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He died one morning of apoplexy, as he was going to open his outer door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, has had a fit--apoplexy or paralysis--and couldn't be brought to, and precious time has been lost. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Let me see the public streets once more afore I die; and if I ain't struck with apoplexy, I'll be back in five minits by the clock. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Old woman; full feeder; nervous subject; palpitation of the heart; pressure on the brain; apoplexy; off she goes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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