ˈapəˌpleksē, -si noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English apoplexie, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, apoplexis, from Greek apoplēxia, apoplēxis, from apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke, from apo- + plēssein to strike — more at plaint
1.
a. : a sudden loss of consciousness followed by paralysis caused by hemorrhage into the brain from rupture of an artery or by sudden anemia of a part of the brain from obstruction of its artery either by a blood clot or by the lodgment of an embolus — called also stroke ; compare cerebral hemorrhage , cerebral thrombosis
b. : gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ
abdominal apoplexy
adrenal apoplexy
2.
[so called from the rapid drying of the vine]
botany : black measles