apoplectiform

[ ap-uh-plek-tuh-fawrm ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apoplectiform¹

First recorded in 1875–80; apoplect(ic) ( def ) + -i- ( def ) + -form ( def )

Example Sentences

Thus we may have what is called anthrax peracutus or apoplectiform, when the animal dies very suddenly as if from apoplexy.

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