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German
Etymology
From Late Latin poplexia, apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía), from ἀποπλήσσειν (apoplḗssein) to cripple by a stroke; ἀπό (apó, “from”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
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Noun
Apoplexie f (genitive Apoplexie, plural Apoplexien)
- (medicine) apoplexy
- Synonym: Schlaganfall
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg , volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 616:Er hatte unzuträgliche Luftdruckverhältnisse sorgfältigst gemieden und es Onkel James überlassen, sich darin zu blamieren; aber der Apoplexie hatte er auf die Dauer doch nicht entgehen können, - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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