Definition of apoplexy
1
medical
a
dated
: stroke 5
- The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy.
- —Arthur Conan Doyle
b
: gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ
- pituitary apoplexy
2
: a state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger
- … he had irritated his superior into apoplexy …
- —Kevin Patterson
- … this latest attraction has sparked apoplexy among some environmentalists.
- —Jayne Clark
