ap'oplexy

[G. apoplex i a.'] i. sudden lo of consciousne followed by paralysis, due to cerebral hemorrhage or blocking of an artery of the brain by an embolus or thrombus, An effusion of blood into the lungs or other organs, embol'ic a., a. caused by the plugging of an artery of the brain by an embolus, func'tional a., a condition simulating apoplexy without any cerebral lesion. in graves'cent a., the slowly progre ive onset of apoplectic sjrmptoms, due to the gradual escape of blood within the cranium, men in'geal a., a. due to hemorrhage from the arteries of the dura mater, mul'tiple a., a form of ingravescent a. due to repeated small hemorrhages, neon a'tal a., a. of the newborn, intracranial hemorrhage in newborn children, causing spastic paralysis and mental weakne in those who survive, pul'- monary a., hemorrhagic infarct of the lung, a circumscribed infiltration of the lung with blood in consequence of embolism or thrombosis of a branch of the pulmonary artery, sanguin'eous a., true a. due to intracranial hemorrhage, as distinguished from serous a se'rous a., an exudation of serum distending the ventricles of the brain meningitis serosa, spi'nal a., he mat or rhachis, splen'ic a., hemorrhage into the spleen in animals suffering from anthrax, thrombotic a., a. caused by thrombosis in a cerebral artery.