Associations to the word «Apoplexy»

Wiktionary

APOPLEXY, noun. (symptom) Bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.
APOPLEXY, noun. (symptom) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
APOPLEXY, noun. (colloquially) Great anger and excitement.

Dictionary definition

APOPLEXY, noun. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King