What Is Apoplectic Mean?

Apoplexy is rupture of an internal organ and the accompanying symptoms. The term formerly referred to what is now called a stroke. Nowadays, health care professionals do not use the term, but instead specify the anatomic location of the bleeding, such as cerebral, ovarian or pituitary.

What is the meaning of apoplectic in a sentence?

Definition of Apoplectic. incredibly angry. Examples of Apoplectic in a sentence. 1. The victim's family was apoplectic when the case against their son's killer was dismissed.

How might someone who is apoplectic behave?

Someone who is apoplectic is not just mad — they're so filled with rage, they can barely communicate. ... When this happens, a person becomes apoplectic. This word also applies to someone who acts so upset, it is like he or she is having a stroke.

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