'apoplexy' definitions:
Definition of 'apoplexy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA]
Synonyms of 'apoplexy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdominal epilepsy,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- angina,
- angina pectoris,
- aortic insufficiency,
- aortic stenosis,
- apoplectic stroke,
- arrest,
- arrhythmia,
- arteriosclerosis,
- atherosclerosis,
- atrial fibrillation,
- attack,
- auricular fibrillation,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- beriberi heart,
- blockage,
- breakup,
- cardiac arrest,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- cardiac insufficiency,
- cardiac shock,
- cardiac stenosis,
- cardiac thrombosis,
- carditis,
- cataclysm,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- climax,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- congenital heart disease,
- convulsion,
- cor biloculare,
- cor juvenum,
- cor triatriatum,
- coronary,
- coronary insufficiency,
- coronary thrombosis,
- cortical epilepsy,
- cramp,
- cursive epilepsy,
- diastolic hypertension,
- diastrophism,
- diplegia,
- disaster,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- eclampsia,
- encased heart,
- endocarditis,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- epitasis,
- extrasystole,
- falling sickness,
- fatty heart,
- fibroid heart,
- fit,
- flask-shaped heart,
- focal epilepsy,
- frenzy,
- frosted heart,
- grand mal,
- grip,
- hairy heart,
- haute mal,
- heart attack,
- heart block,
- heart condition,
- heart disease,
- heart failure,
- hemiplegia,
- high blood pressure,
- hypertension,
- hypertensive heart disease,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- infantile paralysis,
- ischemic heart disease,
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- mitral insufficiency,
- mitral stenosis,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myocardial infarction,
- myocardial insufficiency,
- myocarditis,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- myovascular insufficiency,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- occlusion,
- orgasm,
- overthrow,
- ox heart,
- palpitation,
- palsy,
- paralysis,
- paralytic stroke,
- paraplegia,
- paresis,
- paroxysm,
- paroxysmal tachycardia,
- pericarditis,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- pile,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- premature beat,
- pseudoaortic insufficiency,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- pulmonary insufficiency,
- pulmonary stenosis,
- quake,
- reflex epilepsy,
- rheumatic heart disease,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- rotatoria,
- round heart,
- sclerosis,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- sensory paralysis,
- serial epilepsy,
- sexual climax,
- spasm,
- stony heart,
- stoppage,
- stroke,
- tachycardia,
- tardy epilepsy,
- temblor,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tidal wave,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- tricuspid insufficiency,
- tricuspid stenosis,
- trismus,
- tsunami,
- turtle heart,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- upheaval,
- varicose veins,
- varix,
- ventricular fibrillation,
- visitation