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paroxysm

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpæɹəksɪz(ə)m/Part of speech nounSorted amoprsxyStarts with PEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a sudden uncontrollable attack

Used in a sentence

  • Againe; I feare a paroxiſme.
  • His malady proved to be a softening of the spinal marrow: it was incurable; it made rapid progress. […] [A]ll this, and suffering, besides this, at short intervals, paroxysms of nervous agony.
  • The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

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