Selenoplexia (also called selenoplegia, selenoplege, and moonstroke), from the Greek words ''selene'', 'the

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...

', and ''plexis'', 'stroke'), medical category that included

apoplectic Apoplexy () 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 ...

,''Lippincott's Medical dictionary'' (Lippincott, 1906), p. 920. a morbid,

William Dwight Whitney William Dwight Whitney (February 9, 1827June 7, 1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was ...

, Benjamin Eli Smith (editors), ''The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Volume 8 of The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge. Volume 8 of The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World'' (The Century co., 1911), 5733. states or diseased conditions''The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' (Saunders, 1922), p. 933 supposed to be caused by the rays of the moon. ''A Dictionary of Medical Science'' (1895), in its discussion of the conditions of sunstroke, states that the "morbid phenomena observable after death are generally those of nervous exhaustion, neuroparalysis. Like effects have also been ascribed to the moon, selenoplexia, selenoplege, moonstroke; and to the stars, starstroke." Robley Dunglison; Richard James Dunglison (ed.), ''A dictionary of medical science'' (Lea Brothers & Co., 1895), 282.

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