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What does apoplexy mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) Bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.
  2. (medicine) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
  3. (colloquial) Great anger and excitement.
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He almost suffered apoplexy when he saw the variations that had been wrought.
This has the eventual effect of sending someone into apoplexy if it remains unanswered long enough.
This usage is so ancient and venerable that your calling it into question might well provoke apoplexy at the inns of court!
The Sovereigns, still in apoplexy over the betrayal, promised their favor to the man who brought the Traitor back alive.
Patients who have recently had major surgery are at increased risk of pituitary apoplexy.
The glibness of some of the reasoning threatened apoplexy in at least one viewer.

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