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NOUN
  1. a sudden uncontrollable attack
    convulsions of laughter
    a fit of coughing
    a paroxysm of giggling

How To Use paroxysm In A Sentence

  • Additionally, spontaneous rhythms, sustained bigeminies, paroxysmal tachycardias and other tachyarrhythmias were also observed in the different experiment.
  • Slamming down the receiver, he fought back the paroxysm of coughing he could feel building in his chest. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
  • Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania or cluster headache attacks are never evoked by tactile stimuli.
  • She is charged with an extraordinary animal vitality and expresses a paroxysm of movement and emotion like one possessed.
  • Repetitive episodes of coronary artery spasm and paroxysms of hypertension may result in endothelial damage, coronary artery dissection, and acceleration of atherosclerosis.
  • His book chronicles a young doctor's battle with a rare and life-threatening blood disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
  • Had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?
  • Slamming down the receiver, he fought back the paroxysm of coughing he could feel building in his chest. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
  • Typical pertussis has been divided into three clinical phases: catarrhal, paroxysmal, and convalescent.
  • Suddenly I was seized with a paroxysm of hot tears as I glanced over the pristine countryside of the San Louis Obispo area through which we were driving on the way to the hospital.
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