apoplexy

apoplexy
apoplexy (n.) late 14c., "sudden fit of paralysis and dizziness," from O.Fr. apoplexie or directly from L.L. apoplexia, from Gk. apoplexia, from apoplessein "to strike down and incapacitate," from apo- "off" (see APO- (Cf. apo-)), in this case probably an intensive prefix, + plessein "hit" (Cf. PLAGUE (Cf. plague), also with a root sense of "stricken"). The Latin translation, sideratio, means "disease caused by a constellation."

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