| 单词 | paroxysm | 
| 释义 | Word Frequency paroxysm(ˈpærəkˌsɪzəm) noun 1.  an uncontrollable outburst   a paroxysm of giggling 2.  pathology a.  a sudden attack or recurrence of a disease b.  any fit or convulsion  Derived formsparoxysmal (ˌparoxˈysmal) or paroxysmic (ˌparoxˈysmic) adjective paroxysmally (ˌparoxˈysmally)  adverb Word originC17: via French from Medieval Latin paroxysmus annoyance, from Greek paroxusmos, from paroxunein to goad, from para-1 (intensifier) + oxunein to sharpen, from oxus sharp | 
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