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Apoplexy
| Apoplexy Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Apoplexy?
[n] a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apoplexy: cerebrovascular accident |
CVA |
stroke
Related Terms | Find terms related to Apoplexy: abdominal epilepsy |
access |
acquired epilepsy |
activated epilepsy |
affect epilepsy |
akinetic epilepsy |
angina |
angina pectoris |
aortic insufficiency |
aortic stenosis |
apoplectic stroke |
arrest |
arrhythmia |
arteriosclerosis |
atherosclerosis |
atrial fibrillation |
attack |
auricular fibrillation |
autonomic epilepsy |
beriberi heart |
blockage |
breakup |
cardiac arrest |
cardiac epilepsy |
cardiac insufficiency |
cardiac shock |
cardiac stenosis |
cardiac thrombosis |
carditis |
cataclysm |
catalepsy |
cataplexy |
climax |
clonic spasm |
clonus |
congenital heart disease |
convulsion |
cor biloculare |
cor juvenum |
cor triatriatum |
coronary |
coronary insufficiency |
coronary thrombosis |
cortical epilepsy |
cramp |
cursive epilepsy |
diastolic hypertension |
diastrophism |
diplegia |
disaster |
diurnal epilepsy |
eclampsia |
encased heart |
endocarditis |
epilepsia |
epilepsia gravior |
epilepsia major |
epilepsia minor |
epilepsia mitior |
epilepsia nutans |
epilepsia tarda |
epilepsy |
epitasis |
extrasystole |
falling sickness |
fatty heart |
fibroid heart |
fit |
flask-shaped heart |
focal epilepsy |
frenzy |
frosted heart |
grand mal |
grip |
hairy heart |
haute mal |
heart attack |
heart block |
heart condition |
heart disease |
heart failure |
hemiplegia |
high blood pressure |
hypertension |
hypertensive heart disease |
hysterical epilepsy |
ictus |
infantile paralysis |
ischemic heart disease |
Jacksonian epilepsy |
larval epilepsy |
laryngeal epilepsy |
laryngospasm |
latent epilepsy |
lockjaw |
matutinal epilepsy |
menstrual epilepsy |
mitral insufficiency |
mitral stenosis |
musicogenic epilepsy |
myocardial infarction |
myocardial insufficiency |
myocarditis |
myoclonous epilepsy |
myovascular insufficiency |
nocturnal epilepsy |
occlusion |
orgasm |
overthrow |
ox heart |
palpitation |
palsy |
paralysis |
paralytic stroke |
paraplegia |
paresis |
paroxysm |
paroxysmal tachycardia |
pericarditis |
petit mal |
physiologic epilepsy |
pile |
polio |
poliomyelitis |
premature beat |
pseudoaortic insufficiency |
psychic epilepsy |
psychomotor epilepsy |
pulmonary insufficiency |
pulmonary stenosis |
quake |
reflex epilepsy |
rheumatic heart disease |
Rolandic epilepsy |
rotatoria |
round heart |
sclerosis |
seizure |
sensory epilepsy |
sensory paralysis |
serial epilepsy |
sexual climax |
spasm |
stony heart |
stoppage |
stroke |
tachycardia |
tardy epilepsy |
temblor |
tetanus |
tetany |
throes |
thromboembolism |
thrombosis |
tidal wave |
tonic epilepsy |
tonic spasm |
torsion spasm |
traumatic epilepsy |
tricuspid insufficiency |
tricuspid stenosis |
trismus |
tsunami |
turtle heart |
ucinate epilepsy |
upheaval |
varicose veins |
varix |
ventricular fibrillation |
visitation
See Also | attack |
cerebral hemorrhage |
haemorrhagic stroke |
hemorrhagic stroke |
ischaemic stroke |
ischemic stroke
Apoplexy In Webster's Dictionary
\Ap"o*plex`y\ ([a^]p"[-o]*pl[e^]ks`[y^]), n. [OE.
poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. 'apoplhxi`a, fr.
'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein
to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See {Plague}.] (Med.)
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and
voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Note: The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy,
or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or
other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it
is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood
into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the
lung.
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