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Apoplexy

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Apoplectic 74% connected

Alt. of Apoplectical

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Apoplectic 74% connected

Alt. of Apoplectical

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Stroke 92% connected

Struck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

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Anaesthesia noun · 78% connection

loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

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Anesthesia noun · 78% connection

loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

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Animal noun · 78% connection

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an…

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Astheny noun · 78% connection

Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

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Astonishment noun · 78% connection

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

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Blood pressure noun · 78% connection

the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…

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Bloodstroke noun · 78% connection

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.

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Blow noun · 78% connection

The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden…

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Breast noun · 78% connection

The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; t…

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Burst verb · 78% connection

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

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Catalepsy noun · 78% connection

a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

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Cerebellum noun · 78% connection

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

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Consumption noun · 78% connection

The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

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Decrement noun · 78% connection

The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

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Detriment noun · 78% connection

That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, r…

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Eclipse noun · 78% connection

The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

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Epilepsia major noun · 78% connection

epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking

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