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   apoplexy

   /ˈapəplɛksi/

   noun

   • 1. unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke: dated "Browne died of apoplexy"
   • 2. extreme anger: informal "the decision has aroused apoplexy among environmentalists"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.

   Scrabble Points: 22

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