"paroxysmal" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo"
        },
        {
          "word": "interparoxysmal"
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        {
          "word": "nonparoxysmal"
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        {
          "word": "paroxysmal atrial tachycardia"
        },
        {
          "word": "paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria"
        },
        {
          "word": "paroxysmally"
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        {
          "word": "paroxysmal trepidant abasia"
        },
        {
          "word": "photoparoxysmal"
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          "word": "postparoxysmal"
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms",
          "word": "paroxysmální"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms",
          "word": "kohtauksittainen"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms",
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      "word": "paroxysmal atrial tachycardia"
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    {
      "word": "paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria"
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      "word": "paroxysmally"
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    {
      "word": "paroxysmal trepidant abasia"
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      "word": "photoparoxysmal"
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      "word": "postparoxysmal"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms",
      "word": "paroxysmální"
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms",
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  "word": "paroxysmal"
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