Apoplexy

Apoplexy means bleeding from an internal organ. Formerly, apoplexy referred to a stroke. It sometimes referred to someone who was very mad. The word apoplexy co

Apoplexy

Apoplexy means bleeding from an internal organ. Formerly, apoplexy referred to a stroke. It sometimes referred to someone who was very mad. The word apoplexy comes from the Greek apoplexia meaning a seizure, in the sense of being struck down. In Greek plexe is "a stroke.[1]

References

  1. Engelhardt, Eliasz (2017). "Apoplexy, cerebrovascular disease, and stroke: Historical evolution of terms and definitions". Dementia & Neuropsychologia. 11 (4): 449–453. doi:10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-040016. ISSN 1980-5764. PMC 5770005. PMID 29354227.

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