apoplectic (apoplektik)

and n. [L. apo plecticus, Gr. ἀποπληκτικός, apoplectic, plexy; affected with apoplexy: as, an apoplectic fit; an apoplectic patient. - 2. Predisposed or tending to apoplexy: as, an apoplectic person; an apoplectic habit of body.-3t. Serving to cure apoplexy: as, " apoplectic balsam," Add is on, Travels, Italy. II. n. A person affected with or predisposed to apoplexy. apoplectical (ap-ō-plek'ti-kal), a. Same as apoplectic. apoplectiform (ap-ō-plek'ti-fôrm), a. x'ti-fôrm), a. [L. apo plectus, apoplectic us (see apoplectic ), + form a, form.] Resembling apoplexy; of the nature of apoplexy. In the gravest forms of specific cerebral disease, an apo plectiform seizure followed by fatal coma may usher in the attack with no premonitory symptoms. E. C. Mann, Psychol. Med., p. 63.