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noun, feminine

apoplejía

/apopleˈxia/

noun, feminine/apopleˈxia/plural: apoplejías

apoplexy

Related: apopléjico

Borrowed from Late Latin poplexia, apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξίᾱ (apoplēxíā), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō) to cripple by a stroke; ἀπο- (apo-, “from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).