Editing Apoplexy (section)

{{Short description|Rupture of an internal organ}}
[[File:pituitary apoplexy.jpg|thumb|MRI of man with pituitary apoplexy]]
'''Apoplexy''' ({{ety|grc|<nowiki/>''{{math|ἀποπληξία}} (''apoplexia'')''<nowiki/>|a striking away}}) refers to the rupture of an internal organ and the associated symptoms. Informally or metaphorically, the term ''apoplexy'' is associated with being furious, especially as "apoplectic". Historically, it described what is now known as a [[hemorrhagic stroke]], typically involving a ruptured blood vessel in the brain; modern medicine typically specifies the anatomical location of the bleeding, such as cerebral apoplexy, [[Ovarian apoplexy|ovarian]] apoplexy, or [[pituitary]] apoplexy.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=apoplexy |type=definition of |first=Melissa Conrad, MD |last=Stöppler |url=https://www.rxlist.com/apoplexy/definition.htm |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |edition=OED online |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=February 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=apoplexy |year=2012 |encyclopedia=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=HarperCollins |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apoplectic |via=dictionary.reference.com |access-date=May 9, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Coupland |first1=A.P. |last2=Thapar |first2=A. |last3=Qureshi |first3=M.I. |last4=Jenkins |first4=H. |last5=Davies |first5=A.H. |year=2017 |title=The definition of 'stroke' |journal=J R Soc Med |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=9–12 |doi=10.1177/0141076816680121 |pmid=28084167 |pmc=5298424 }}</ref>