Ap'o-plĕc'tic or Ap'o-plĕc'tic-al1, a.
a. [Lat. apoplecticus, Gr. ἀποπληκτικός and ἀποπληκτός, from ἀποπλήσσειν, to disable by a stroke, from ἀπό, from, away, and πλήσσειν, to strike.]
- Pertaining to, or consisting in, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic fit.
- Predisposed to apoplexy; as, an apoplectic habit of body.