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'paroxysm'

[paroxysm.n.01] as in: a sudden uncontrollable attack

Examples:
a paroxysm of giggling
a fit of coughing
convulsions of laughter

Origins

					paroxysm (English)
└── paroxysme (French)
    └── paroxysmus (Latin)
        └── παροξυσμός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── παροξύνειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))