Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Apoplexy from encephalic hemorrhage or congestion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Loss of
sensation andmotion fromhemorrhage orcongestion in thebrain .
Etymologies
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blood + stroke. Compare French coup de sang.
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