Path. Obs. [ad. L. apolēpsia, ad. Gr. *ἀποληψία = ἀπόληψις, n. of action f. ἀπο-λαμβάν-ειν to take off, intercept, arrest.] (See quot.)
[1706. Phillips, Apolepsia … among Physicians, a Stoppage in the Course of the Blood or Animal Spirits.]
1719. Glossogr. Nova, Apolepsy. [In mod. Dicts.]
