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Paroxysm
| Paroxysm Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Paroxysm?
[n] a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Paroxysm: fit
Related Terms | Find terms related to Paroxysm: abdominal epilepsy |
access |
acquired epilepsy |
activated epilepsy |
acute pain |
affect epilepsy |
akinetic epilepsy |
amok |
apoplexy |
arrest |
attack |
autonomic epilepsy |
bite |
blaze |
blockage |
boring pain |
breakup |
burst |
cardiac epilepsy |
cat fit |
cataclysm |
charley horse |
climax |
clonic spasm |
clonus |
conniption |
conniption fit |
convulsion |
cortical epilepsy |
cramp |
cramps |
crick |
cursive epilepsy |
cyclone |
darting pain |
diastrophism |
disaster |
diurnal epilepsy |
duck fit |
eclampsia |
epilepsia |
epilepsia gravior |
epilepsia major |
epilepsia minor |
epilepsia mitior |
epilepsia nutans |
epilepsia tarda |
epilepsy |
epitasis |
eruption |
explosion |
falling sickness |
fever |
fit |
fit of anger |
fit of temper |
flare-up |
focal epilepsy |
frenzy |
fulgurant pain |
furor |
fury |
gale |
girdle pain |
gnawing |
grand mal |
grip |
griping |
gust |
haute mal |
hitch |
hurricane |
hysterical epilepsy |
ictus |
irruption |
Jacksonian epilepsy |
jumping pain |
kink |
lancinating pain |
larval epilepsy |
laryngeal epilepsy |
laryngospasm |
latent epilepsy |
lockjaw |
matutinal epilepsy |
menstrual epilepsy |
murderous insanity |
musicogenic epilepsy |
myoclonous epilepsy |
nip |
nocturnal epilepsy |
occlusion |
orgasm |
outbreak |
outburst |
overthrow |
pang |
petit mal |
physiologic epilepsy |
pinch |
prick |
psychic epilepsy |
psychokinesia |
psychomotor epilepsy |
quake |
rage |
reflex epilepsy |
Rolandic epilepsy |
rotatoria |
seizure |
sensory epilepsy |
serial epilepsy |
sexual climax |
sharp pain |
shoot |
shooting |
shooting pain |
spasm |
spell |
stab |
stabbing pain |
stitch |
stoppage |
storm |
stroke |
tantrum |
tardy epilepsy |
temblor |
temper tantrum |
tempest |
tetanus |
tetany |
thrill |
throe |
throes |
thromboembolism |
thrombosis |
tidal wave |
tonic epilepsy |
tonic spasm |
tormen |
tornado |
torsion spasm |
traumatic epilepsy |
trismus |
tsunami |
tweak |
twinge |
twitch |
ucinate epilepsy |
upheaval |
visitation |
whirlwind |
wrench
See Also | attack
Paroxysm In Webster's Dictionary
\Par"ox*ysm\, n. [F. paroxysme, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
sharpen, irritate; ? beside, beyond + ? to sharpen, from ?
sharp.]
1. (Med.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that
occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or
intermissions. --Arbuthnot.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or
action; a convulsion; a fit.
The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair.
--South.
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