Paroxysm - Encyclopedia

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PAROXYSM (Med. Lat. paroxysnaus, from the Gr. irapoV)vecv,. to make sharp, 6 vs), a violent outbreak or display of emotion or feeling. The term is used of a fit of laughter, pain, anger or fear, and particularly an acute stage in a disease is the earliest sense of the word.

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