HyperDic: apoplexy

English > 1 sense of the word apoplexy:
NOUNstateapoplexy, stroke, cerebrovascular accident, CVAa sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
apoplexy > pronunciation
Soundsae'pahpleh.ksiy
Rhymesabsorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...
English > apoplexy: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
Synonymsstroke, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
Partscerebral hemorrhagebleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain
Narrowerhemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic strokeStroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain
ischemic stroke, ischaemic strokeThe most common kind of stroke
BroaderattackA sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
Spanishaccidente cerebro vascular, accidente cerebrovascular, apoplejía, ataque cerebrovascular, ictus
Catalanaccident vascular cerebral, apoplexia, ictus
Adjectivesapoplecticpertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
apoplectiform, apoplectoidresembling apoplexy

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