#apoplexy

• Aloplectic — An old, archaic medical term or regional phonetic variant used in the past for apoplectic; pertaining to apoplexy (stroke, sudden cerebral congestion) or presenting a constitutional predisposition toward this severe condition. In the historical clinical lexicon, it described a state of deep coma or sudden paralysis installed following a major intracranial hemorrhage.
• Apoplectic — Pertaining to or suffering from apoplexy; predisposed to a sudden vascular cerebral stroke or severe congestion. Figuratively and behaviorally, the term describes an individual who is extremely choleric, impulsive, with a deeply flushed, red face caused by violent and uncontrollable rage, giving the impression of being on the verge of a stroke.
• Apoplexy — A sudden, partial or total suspension of cerebral functions, accompanied by loss of consciousness and paralysis, caused by a massive intracranial hemorrhage or the acute occlusion of a cerebral artery; a cerebrovascular stroke (CVA). In a broader or historical sense, the term denotes the sudden effusion of blood within the tissue of any vital organ (such as uterine, pulmonary, or ovarian apoplexy).
• Apoplexy variant — An old spelling, historical transcription error, or archaic form widespread in 18th and 19th-century Romanian manuscripts and translations for the term apoplexy, denoting an acute cerebrovascular accident or a fulminant blood congestion within a vital organ's tissue. This variant reflects the early stages of phonetic adaptation of Greek or Latin-derived neologisms into local medical lexicography.