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Definitions of paroxysm in various dictionaries:
noun - a sudden uncontrollable attack
A sudden outburst of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter.
Medicine.
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| a sudden attack or outburst of a particular emotion or activity. |
| a sudden uncontrollable attack |
| a sudden and powerful expression of strong feeling, especially one that you cannot control: |
| a sudden and powerful expression of strong feeling: |
| A sudden outburst of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter. |
| A sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease. |
| A spasm or fit a convulsion. |
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Paroxysmal attacks or paroxysms (from Greek ) are a sudden recurrence or intensification of symptoms, such as a spasm or seizure. These short, frequent, symptoms can be observed in various clinical conditions. They are usually associated with multiple sclerosis or pertussis, but they may also be observed in other disorders such as encephalitis, head trauma, stroke, asthma, trigeminal neuralgia, breath-holding spells, epilepsy, malaria, tabes dorsalis, and Behçet's disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). It has also been noted as a symptom of gratification disorder in children. * The word paroxysm means "sudden attack, outburst", and comes from the Greek (paroxusmos), "irritation, exasperation".Paroxysmal attacks in various disorders have been reported extensively and ephaptic coupling of demyelinated nerves has been presumed as one of the underlying mechanisms of this phenomenon. This is supported by the presence of these attacks in multiple sclerosis and tabes dorsalis, whi |