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NERVOUS APOPLEXY

\nˈɜːvəs ˈapəplˌɛksi], \nˈɜːvəs ˈapəplˌɛksi], \n_ˈɜː_v_ə_s ˈa_p_ə_p_l_ˌɛ_k_s_i]\

Definitions of NERVOUS APOPLEXY

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A state in which, although the symptoms of cerebral congestion and hemorrhage are observed during life, no evidence of those conditions is found after death.
Acute anemia of the brain; probably due to arterial spasm.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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