- 1. n. Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. Source: opted
- 2. n. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, andvoluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain Source: ecdict
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