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Definition of Apoplectic
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy. "Apoplectic seizure"
Definition of Apoplectic
1. a. Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
2. n. One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
Definition of Apoplectic
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to apoplexy. ¹
2. Adjective. Marked by extreme anger or fury. ¹
3. Adjective. (archaic) Effused with blood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apoplectic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Apoplectic
1. Relating to, suffering from, or predisposed to apoplexy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apoplectic
Literary usage of Apoplectic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1842)
"On each of these sources of the apoplectic and hémiplégie attack, he proposed to
... This cause of the apoplectic or hémiplégie seizure was that which had ..."
2. A Handbook of the theory and practice of medicine by Frederick Thomas Roberts (1874)
"whatever. -• not to be removed fror. apoplectic DISEASES. IT is necessary to make
a few general observation! respecting the condition known by the term ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"From this time to the period of his death, in 1830, he had a succession of
apoplectic attacks, amounting in all to twelve. Each left him more and more ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1882)
"STERTOROUS BREATHING IN APOPLEXY, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE apoplectic STATE.
... The truth is, two separate conditions of the apoplectic state have been. ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1840)
"Hypertrophy of the left Ventricle, with Dilatation of the left Auricula- Ventricular
Opening; frequent apoplectic Seizures.—Mr. Fleming presented a heart, ..."
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