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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 861 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAROXYSM (Med. See also:Lat. paroxysntus, from the Gr. wapotbvety, to make See also:sharp, odes) , a violent outbreak or display of emotion or feeling. The See also:term is used of a See also:fit of See also:laughter, See also:pain, anger or fear, and particularly an acute See also:stage in a disease is the earliest sense of the word.

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