paroxysms of laughter

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• fit — n Fit, attack, access, accession, paroxysm, spasm, convulsion are comparable when they denote a sudden seizure or spell resulting from an abnormal condition of body or mind. The last three are too specific in their technical medical senses to be… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• paroxysm — UK [ˈpærəkˌsɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈperəkˌsɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms paroxysm : singular paroxysm plural paroxysms formal a sudden uncontrolled expression of emotion paroxysm of: paroxysms of laughter …   English dictionary

• par·ox·ysm — /ˈperəkˌsızəm/ noun, pl ysms [count] 1 medical : a sudden attack or increase of symptoms of a disease (such as pain, coughing, shaking, etc.) that often occurs again and again usually + of paroxysms of pain/coughing 2 formal …   Useful english dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

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• paroxysm — par|ox|ysm [ perək,sızəm ] noun count FORMAL a sudden uncontrolled expression of emotion: paroxysm of: paroxysms of laughter …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• shake — vb 1 Shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither are comparable when they mean to exhibit vibratory, wavering, or oscillating movement often as an evidence of instability. Shake, the ordinary and …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• paroxysm — noun (C) 1 a paroxysm of rage/jealousy/laughter etc a sudden uncontrollable expression of strong feeling: Joshua suddenly broke out into a paroxysm of sobbing. 2 a sudden, short attack of pain, coughing, shaking etc (+ of): paroxysms of coughing… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English