Defn: Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Note: The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung.
APORETICAL
Ap`o*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Aporia.]
Defn: Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.
APORIA
A*po"ri*a, n.; pl. Aporias. Etym: [L., doubt, Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
APOROSA
Ap`o*ro"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Aporia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; — opposed to Perforata.
APOROSE
Ap`o*rose", a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Without pores.