Thesaurus: paroxysm

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1. n. The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
2. n. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
3. n. a sudden uncontrollable attack
4. 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.
5. The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs atintervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. Arbuthnot.
6. n:100 n. a sudden uncontrollable attack