English-Thai Dictionary
apoplexy
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
APOPLEXY
n.[Gr. from, to strike. ] A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, occasioned by repletion or whatever interrupts the action of the nerves upon the muscles.
Dryden, for the sake of measure, uses apoplex, for apoplexy.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
APOPLEXY
Ap "o *plex `y, n. Etym: [OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. apoplexie. See Plague. ] (Med. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
apoplexy
ap o plex y |ˈapəˌpleksē ˈæpəˌplɛksi | ▶noun ( pl. apoplexies ) dated unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. • informal incapacity or speechlessness caused by extreme anger: this drives the social engineers of government into apoplexy. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke. ’
Oxford Dictionary
apoplexy
apoplexy |ˈapəplɛksi | ▶noun ( pl. apoplexies ) [ mass noun ] 1 dated unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke. 2 informal extreme anger: the decision has aroused apoplexy among environmentalists. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
apoplexy
ap o plex y /ǽpəplèksi /名詞 U 1 〘医 〙｟やや古 ｠卒中 (stroke 1 ); ｟比喩的に ｠(倒れるほどの )驚き, 心配 .2 ｟くだけて ｠激しい怒り, 感情の爆発 .
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