apoplexy
Meaning of apoplexy
noun
- unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke.
Browne died of apoplexy
- extreme anger.
the decision has aroused apoplexy among environmentalists
late Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.
Information about apoplexy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of apoplexy is: apoplexies.
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Hyphenation of apoplexy
apoplexy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- apoplexy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
apoplexy synonyms
Meaning stroke:
Translation of apoplexy
- French: apoplexie
- Italian: apoplessia
- Spanish: apoplejía
Words that rhyme with apoplexy
Lexy, alexy, cataplexy, electroplexy, kataplexy, myelapoplexy, parapoplexy, pseudoapoplexy
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