Paroxysmal

Definition: Paroxysmal

Paroxysmal

Adjective

1. Accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms.

Date "paroxysmal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Paroxysmal

Domain	Definitions
Health	Recurring in paroxysms (= spasms or seizures). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Paroxysmal

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
PAT	English	Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Paroxysmal

English words defined with "paroxysmal": absence ♦ paroxysmal trepidant abasia, petit mal epilepsy ♦ trigeminal neuralgia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "paroxysmal": Dyspnea, Paroxysmal ♦ Epilepsy, Partial, Motor, Erythromelalgia ♦ Headache Disorders, Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal ♦ Long QT Syndrome ♦ Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia ♦ paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal sleep ♦ Tachycardia, Paroxysmal, Tachycardia, Sinoatrial Nodal Reentry ♦ Vascular Headaches. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Paroxysmal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (paroxysmal), Swedish (paroxysmal).

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Commercial Usage: Paroxysmal

Domain	Title
Books	Migraine in Childhood: And Other Non-Epileptic Paroxysmal Disorders (reference) The Haemolytic Anaemias, Volume 5: Drug- and Chemical-Induced Haemolytic Anaemias; Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria; Haemolytic Disease of The Newborn (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Paroxysmal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Highly communicable, vaccine-preventable disease that lasts for many weeks and is typically manifested in children with paroxysmal spasms of severe coughing, whooping, and post-tussive vomiting, also known as Bordet-Gengou bacillus.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Paroxysmal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT). (references)
		In paroxysmal tachycardia, repeated periods of very fast heartbeats begin and end suddenly. (references)
		Highly communicable, vaccine-preventable disease that lasts for many weeks and is typically manifested in children with paroxysmal spasms of severe coughing, whooping, and posttussive vomiting. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Paroxysmal

"Paroxysmal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paroxysmal" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	5	157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Paroxysmal

Expressions using "paroxysmal": Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia ♦ paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria ♦ paroxysmal sleep ♦ Paroxysmal tachycardia ♦ paroxysmal trepidant abasia. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paroxysmal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
paroxysmal atrial tachycardia	26
paroxysmal	13
paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	13
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria	11
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia	10
paroxysmal tachycardia	9
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea	9
chronic hemicrania paroxysmal	6
hemicrania paroxysmal	5
paroxysmal positional vertigo	5
paroxysmal tachycardia ventricular	3
choreoathetosis paroxysmal	3
paroxysmal vertigo	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Paroxysmal

Language		Translations for "paroxysmal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		spazmatik (spasmodic), konvulsiv (convulsive). (various references)

Arabic		‏مصاب بنوبة مرضية شديدة, ‏حدة (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, asperity, edge, great rage, intensification, intensity, keenness, loneness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, ruggedness, severity, sharpness, solitariness, solitude, temper, vehemence). (various references)

Bulgarian		с пристъпи, кризисен, на пристъпи (spasmodically). (various references)

Danish		paroksysmal. (various references)

Dutch		paroxystisch, paroxysmalis, paroxysmaal, paroxismaal, paroxistisch. (various references)

Finnish		paroksysmaalinen, kohtauksittainen. (various references)

French		paroxysmique, paroxysmal/paroxysmique, paroxysmal. (various references)

German		paroxysmal. (various references)

Greek		παροξυσμικός, παροξυντικόσ (provoking), παροξυντικός. (various references)

Hungarian		rohamokban fellépõ. (various references)

Italian		parossistico. (various references)

Pig Latin		aroxysmalpay

Portuguese		paroxísmico, cúmulo (accumulation, crowd, cumulus, heap, mass, multitude, pile). (various references)

Romanian		paroxistic. (various references)

Russian		пароксизмальный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		paroksizmalan. (various references)

Spanish		paroxístico. (various references)

Swedish		paroxysmal. (various references)

Turkish		krizle ilgili. (various references)

Ukranian		судорожний (fitful, snatchy, spasmodic, spastic), пароксизмальний. (various references)

Vietnamese		kích phát, cực điểm (culmination, paroxysm, utmost, uttermost, zenith). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Paroxysmal

Derivations
	Words ending with "paroxysmal": interparoxysmal. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Paroxysmal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paroxysmally, paroxysme. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Paroxysmal"

Words rhyming with "paroxysmal" (pronounced 'Par`ox*ys"mal'): Abnormal, Abysmal, Aneurismal, Anormal, Baptismal, Blastemal, Bromal, Brumal, Catechismal, Chamal, Chrismal, Dermohaemal, Diathermal, Dismal, Domal, Dumal, Echinodermal, Embolismal, Endophragmal, Epidermal, Fotmal, Gimmal, Glumal, Gommal, haemal, Haematothermal, hemal, Hemathermal, Hematothermal, Homoeothermal, Homoiothermal, Hydrothermal, Hyemal, Interramal, Isocrymal, isothermal, mammal, mesodermal, miasmal, Mormal, Neuro-epidermal, pachydermal, Phantasmal, Placodermal, Primal, Pseudhaemal, Ramal, Rheumatismal, Subepidermal, subnormal, Synthermal, thermal, Timal, Titmal, Wurmal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Paroxysmal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-o-p-r-s-x-y"
	-2 letters: axoplasm, palmyras, paroxysm.
	-3 letters: mayoral, palmary, palmyra, paramos, parasol, parlays, payolas, pyrolas.
	-4 letters: alamos, alarms, amoral, aromas, lampas, malars, mayors, molars, morals, morays, palmar, paramo, parlay, parols, payola, payors, plasma, playas, polars, praams, pyrola, royals, salary, sporal.
	-5 letters: alamo, alarm, alary, almas, amply, amyls, aroma, aryls, asyla, lamas, lamps, loams, loamy, maars, malar, marls, marly, mayas, mayor, mayos, molar, molas, moral, moras, moray, moxas, omasa, opals, orals, palms, palmy, palsy, paras, parol, payor, plasm, playa, plays, ploys, polar, polys, praam, prams, praos, prays, proas, proms, prosy, proxy, psalm, ramps, raspy, rayas, roams, romps, royal, salpa, sapor, soapy, solar, splay, spray.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-o-p-r-s-x-y"
	+5 letters: interparoxysmal.
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