meaning of paroxysm
1. The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
3. a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of
">laughter"
Related Words
paroxysm | paroxysmal | paroxysmal trepidant abasia |