Apoplexy

Apoplexy means bleeding from an internal organ. Formerly, apoplexy referred to a stroke. It sometimes referred to someone who was very mad. The word apoplexy comes from the Greek apoplexia meaning a seizure, in the sense of being struck down. In Greek plexe is "a stroke.[1]

Apoplexy Media

References

  1. Engelhardt, Eliasz. Apoplexy, cerebrovascular disease, and stroke: Historical evolution of terms and definitions. Dementia & Neuropsychologia 11 (4) (2017). p. 449–453. doi:10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-040016.