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 ap·o·plexy /ˈæpəˌplɛksi/
 中風

 ap·o·plexy /ˈæpəˌplɛksɪ/ 名詞
 卒中,中風

 Ap·o·plex·y n.  Med. Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
 Note: ☞ The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung.
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 apoplexy
      n : a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or
          occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the
          brain [syn: stroke, cerebrovascular accident, CVA]