apoplecticaladj.
archaic.
1. = apoplectic adj. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [adjective] > disorders of brain > apoplexy
apoplectica1625
apoplectical1656
apoplexiousa1734
apoplectiform1876
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Apoplectical, pertaining to the apoplexy.
1668 London Gaz. ccxxvii/2 Dangerously ill of an Apoplectical distemper.
1779 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1816) III. 455 Mr. Thrale has been in extreme danger from an apoplectical disorder.
2. = apoplectic adj. 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [adjective] > disorders of brain > apoplexy > suffering from
apoplectical1615
apoplectic1721
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 500 Such men as dye Apoplecticall.
1739 B. Baddam Mem. Royal Soc. 140 The one, lame of the gout; the other, extremely appoplectical.
3. = apoplectic adj. 3.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [adjective] > for apoplexy
antiapoplectic1670
apoplectic1678
apoplectical1721
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Apoplectical..good against Apoplexy.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Apoplectical medicines, a name used by some for what we more properly call antapoplectics.
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