paroxysm
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noun- 1.
(countable)(countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure.
Đồng nghĩa: exacervation, fit
- 2.
(broadly, countable)Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.
Đồng nghĩa: high point, acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climax, coronation, crown, culmination, Everest, extreme, fastigium, high note, high point, high tide, high-water mark, midday, outblossom, paroxysm, perihelion, pinnacle, summa, summit
- 3.
(archaic, broadly, countable)An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement.
- 4.
(broadly, countable)A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions.
- 5.
(broadly, rare, uncountable)Disastrous or sudden change.
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ine-pro From Late Middle English paroxism, paroxisme, from Middle French paroxisme, paroxysme, and Old French peroxime (period of worsening of a disease; bout of fever or illness) (modern paroxysme), and from their etymon paroxismus, paroxysmus (a fit; onset of a disease; violent impulse or sadness), from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠσμός (exasperation, irritation;