apoplexy

noun
🔊/ˈæpəpleksi/
🔊/ˈæpəpleksi/
[uncountable] (old-fashioned)
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  1. the sudden loss of the ability to feel or move, normally caused by an injury in the brain中风;(脑)卒中 compare stroke (4)
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.