n. [ OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr.
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]