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PAROXYSM

\pˈaɹəksˌɪzəm], \pˈaɹəksˌɪzəm], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_k_s_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of PAROXYSM

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A spasm, or fit of acute pain recurring at intervals; sudden outburst of emotion.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. A sudden onset of a disease or of any symptoms, especially if they are recurrent, as in malaria. 2. A spasm, convulsion.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Advance to crisis of disease; a sudden attack, as a coughing spell; convulsion.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A fit of acute pain occurring at intervals: a fit of passion: any sudden violent action.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Paroxysmal.
Sudden fit of pain or passion.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A periodic attack of disease; a fit; convulsion.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A lit or exacerbation of any disease; any sudden violent spasm or action.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A fit of rage or passion; a recurring increase and exacerbation of a disease; in geol., any sudden and violent effort of natural agency, such as the explosive eruptions of a volcano, or the convulsive throes of an earthquake.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The augmentation which supervenes at equal or unequal intervals in the symptoms of acute diseases. Also, a periodical exacerbation or fit of a disease.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A sudden recurrence or intensification of symptoms.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A point in the course of a disease at which its symptoms appear with unusual force.
A violent attack or seizure of any sort. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] The fit or attack of a disease that has decided remissions or intermissions;â€”hence, any sudden and violent action; convulsion; fit.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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