apoplexy
noun
ap·o·plexy ˈa-pə-ˌplek-sē 
1
medical
a
dated : stroke sense 5
The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle b
: gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ
pituitary apoplexy
2
: a state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger
… he had irritated his superior into apoplexy … Kevin Patterson
Kevin Patterson… this latest attraction has sparked apoplexy among some environmentalists. Jayne Clark
Jayne Clark
Example Sentences
Her speech caused apoplexy among the audience members.
Recent Examples on the Web Never felt a single symptom, unless apoplexy is one of them. James Lileks, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Currently, the top cause of death globally is ischemic heart disease and the second is cerebral apoplexy (stroke). Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2021 Giants fans in a state of apoplexy should know two things, one comforting, one not so much. Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2019 The mass cultural apoplexy in 2013 around the introduction of the cronut by Dominique Answel, a baker from New York, meanwhile, pretty much speaks for itself. Tim Martin, 1843, 13 June 2019 In fact, many policies that Sweden has today would send Bernie into apoplexy. WSJ, 25 Apr. 2019 Bendig, 84, died of complications from a pituitary apoplexy on June 3 at the Avantara Park Ridge nursing and rehabilitation center in Park Ridge, said his son Ray. Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018 Slowly, for all the sound and fury of Arsenal Fan TV and the apoplexy on social media, expectations have lowered. Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018 Strange finished second, which sent mainstream Republicans like McConnell into apoplexy. Matthew Cooper, Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2017 See More
James Lileks, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Currently, the top cause of death globally is ischemic heart disease and the second is cerebral apoplexy (stroke). Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2021 Giants fans in a state of apoplexy should know two things, one comforting, one not so much. Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 11 Dec. 2019 The mass cultural apoplexy in 2013 around the introduction of the cronut by Dominique Answel, a baker from New York, meanwhile, pretty much speaks for itself. Tim Martin, 1843, 13 June 2019 In fact, many policies that Sweden has today would send Bernie into apoplexy. WSJ, 25 Apr. 2019 Bendig, 84, died of complications from a pituitary apoplexy on June 3 at the Avantara Park Ridge nursing and rehabilitation center in Park Ridge, said his son Ray. Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018 Slowly, for all the sound and fury of Arsenal Fan TV and the apoplexy on social media, expectations have lowered. Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018 Strange finished second, which sent mainstream Republicans like McConnell into apoplexy. Matthew Cooper, Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English apoplexie, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke, from apo- + plēssein to strike — more at plaint
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Medical Definition
apoplexy
noun
ap·o·plexy ˈap-ə-ˌplek-sē
plural apoplexies
1
dated : stroke
In apoplexy or "stroke" … an artery in the brain either ruptures and bleeds or is blocked. Morris Fishbein, The Modern Family Health Guide
Morris Fishbein, The Modern Family Health Guide2
: copious hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ
abdominal apoplexy
adrenal apoplexy