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Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, which can be used to mean 'bleeding'. It can be used non-medically to mean a state of extreme rage or excitement. The word derives from the Greek word for 'seizure', apoplexia (?p?p????a), in the sense of being struck down. Contents [hide] 1 Neurological impairment 2 Historical Neurological impairment Apoplexy has been used as a synonym for "stroke". Historical meaning Historically, the word "apoplexy" was also used to describe any sudden death that began with a sudden loss of consciousness, especially one where the victim died within a matter of seconds after losing consciousness. Those reading historical documents should take into consideration the possibility that the word "apoplexy" may be used to describe the symptom of sudden loss of consciousness immediately preceding death and not an actual verified disease process. Sudden cardiac deaths, ruptured cerebral aneurysms, certain ruptured aortic aneurysms, and even heart attacks may have been described as apoplexy in the past. Hemorrhage The term 'apoplexy' is used to describe bleeding within internal organs. In such usage it is coupled with an adjective describing the site of the bleeding. For example, bleeding within the pituitary gland is called pituitary apoplexy, and bleeding within the adrenal glands can be called adrenal apoplexy. In both pituitary and adrenal apoplexy, the word apoplexy refers to both hemorrhage with the gland and to accompanying Deaths attributed to apoplexy William Apess Isaac Ambrose Émile Gaboriau Cemal Gursel Charles II of England Empress Dowager Cixi [1] Félix Faure Harry Ward Leonard [2] Jean de La Bruyère Jean-François Champollion Jacob Frank John Frederic Daniell Winfield Scott Hammond John Haviland John Wycliffe Marcello Malpighi Matthew Henry Menno van Coehoorn Moses Mendelssohn [3] Orlando Gibbons Paul Baloff Petrarch [4] Pope-elect Stephen Pope Martin V Robert Louis Stevenson [5] Stamford Raffles Swami Vivekananda William Apess Edward Rutledge Warren G. Harding Joseph Weizenbaum Isaac Wilson Leonhard Euler [6] Louis Wigfall Charles Francis Hall Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin Woodrow Wilson William Lyon Mackenzie Jean-Jacques Rousseau Non-medical usage Colloquially, particularly in the adjective form apoplectic, apoplexy means furious, enraged, or upset to the point of being unable to deal with a situation rationally or diplomatically. See also Transient ischemic attack References ^ The New York Times, November 20, 1908: "Dowager Empress died of Apoplexy". ^ The New York Times, February 19, 1915: "H. Ward Leonard Dies -Electrical Inventor Stricken". ^ The Insanity of Genius and the General Inequality of Human Faculty, ISBN 1421272997 ^ The Insanity of Genius and the General Inequality | ||||
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