paroxysms in English

noun
1
a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.
a paroxysm of weeping
synonyms:spasmattackfitburstboutconvulsionseizureoutbursteruptionexplosionaccess
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1. Tickling and burning in the larynx with violent paroxysms of coughing.

2. Synonyms for Boutades include access, attacks, fits, bouts, bursts, eruption, explosions, onsets, outbursts and paroxysms

3. Ague definition, a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits

4. Ague is the term for an infectious fever marked by regular paroxysms of chills and sweating.

5. Ague: A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating recurring regular intervals

6. Ague definition is - a fever (such as malaria) marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals.

7. The latest United Nations Security Council resolution sanctioning North Korea for its May 25 nuclear test has driven Pyongyang to fresh paroxysms of faux fury.

8. Never did gamester, whose whole fortune is staked on one cast of the die, experience the anguish which Edmond felt in his paroxysms of hope.

9. True Bronchial asthma commonly gives a marked eosinophilia during and following the paroxysms. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis James Campbell Todd For some three years back I …

10. Arousals are paroxysms of activity (Alpha, Theta or frequency > 16 Hz, but no sleep spindles) lasting 3 seconds or longer with at least 10 seconds of sleep preceding the change