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apoplexy
apoplexy Apoplexy is a historical term for a sudden stroke-like attack with loss of consciousness, feeling, and movement, most often linked to bleeding in the brain but also used for similar attacks caused by blockage of a blood vessel.
Apoplexy is a historical term for a sudden stroke-like attack with loss of consciousness, feeling, and movement, most often linked to bleeding in the brain but also used for similar attacks caused by blockage of a blood vessel. It was described as often producing coma, paralysis, speech problems, and in some people lasting mental weakening or dementia-like changes after recovery.