ap‧o‧plex‧y /ˈæpəpleksi/
noun [uncountable] old-fashioned[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: apoplexia, from Greek, from apoplessein 'to damage with a stroke', from apo- ( ⇒ apocalypse) + plessein 'to strike']
an illness in your brain which causes you to suddenly lose your ability to move or think
Synonym : stroke [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲