apoplectic

ap·o·plec·tic

(ap'ŏ-plek'tik),

Relating to, suffering from, or predisposed to apoplexy.

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apoplectic

(ăp′ə-plĕk′tĭk)

adj.

1. Of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy: an apoplectic fit.

2.

a. Having or inclined to have apoplexy.

b. Exhibiting symptoms associated with apoplexy.

3. Extremely angry; furious: "His accounts of the battles in 1812 left some veterans apoplectic with rage" (Rosamund Bartlett).

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ap′o·plec′ti·cal·ly adv.

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apoplectic

(ap″ŏ-plek′tik) [Gr. apoplēktikos, crippled by stroke]

Pert. to apoplexy.

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