Look up: apoplexy

1. Apoplexy
   archaic or obsolete terms > Medical: A stroke or sudden loss of consciousness caused by the restriction of a blood vessel in the brain. Paralysis from cerebral rupture, stroke.
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2. Apoplexy
   A sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain; a stroke - With specifying word: a haemorrhage or failure of blood supply in another organ - Any sudden rapidly fatal disease
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3. Apoplexy
   paralysis caused by stroke. Sudden deprivation of all the internal and external sensation and of all motion unless of the heart and thorax.
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4. Apoplexy
   The result of a stroke (cerbrovascular accident (CVA)).
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5. Apoplexy
   A stroke.
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6. Apoplexy
   Apoplexy: A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness and paralysis of various parts of the body. The word 'apoplexy' comes from the Greek 'apoplexia' meaning a seizure, in the sense of being struck down. In Greek 'plexe' is 'a stroke....
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7. apoplexy
   sudden death of part or whole of the vine with desiccation Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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8. Apoplexy
   Ap'o·plex`y (ăp'o*plĕks`ȳ) noun [ Middle English poplexye , Late Latin poplexia , apoplexia , from Greek 'apoplhxi`a , from 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from +
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9. apoplexy
   <clinical sign, neurology> Haemorrhage into the brain. A stroke. It is usually associated with loss of consciousness and paralysis of various parts of the body. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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10. apoplexy
    (ap´o-plek″se) old name for stroke syndrome. adj., apoplec´tic., adj.
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11. Apoplexy
    • (n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
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12. apoplexy
    apoplexy, apoplexia 1. A term for a 'stroke', a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness and paralysis of various parts of the body. 2. Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke. 3. Any acute clinic...
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13. apoplexy
    apoplexy: see stroke.
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14. apoplexy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ap′ŏ-plek′sē Synonyms: stroke1
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15. apoplexy
    a crippling stroke, sometimes fatal, usually associated with sudden loss of muscle control or paralysis.
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16. Apoplexy
    paralysis due to stroke
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17. Apoplexy
    Apoplexy results in a sudden loss of consciousness followed by paralysis caused by hemorrhage into the brain, formation of an embolus or thrombus, that occludes an artery, or rupture of an extracerebral artery causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. Symptoms: Onset is acute. Unconsciousness. Labored breath...
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18. Apoplexy
    `Apoplexy` is a medical term, which can be used to describe `bleeding` in a cerebrovascular accident. However, without further specification it is rather outdated, and is today rather used for specific conditions, such as pituitary apoplexy and ovarian apoplexy. It can be used non-medically t...
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