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paroxysmal

[par-uhk-siz-muhl, puh-rok-] / ˌpær əkˈsɪz məl, pəˌrɒk- /


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Their movement then sends false signals to the brain that the head is spinning, causing the sudden dizziness and spinning sensation, sometimes accompanied by nausea, known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Even the risk of a specific subset of tachycardias, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardiaswas elevated up to 6 months after the infection and was five times greater in the first month.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

Even the use of music — a very effective mix of country western songs and paroxysmal effects — unequivocally guides the viewer on the path of the protagonist’s madness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

Other potential causes of palpitations include paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, or PSVT, an extra-fast heart rate that can suddenly come and go, as well as genetic conditions such as Long QT syndrome and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2018

In this case, before the development of any marked anginal symptoms, the paroxysmal pain, from being merely intercostal, had come to extend itself into the left shoulder and arm.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie


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