(n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
(n.) Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Patient 2 they were at first paroxysmal and unformed, with more prolonged metamorphopsia; later there appeared to be palinoptic formed images, possibly postictal in nature.
(2) Electrophysiologic studies are indicated in patients with sustained paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation or aborted sudden death.
(3) Pheochromocytoma may present without the typical features of paroxysmal or sustained hypertension, headache, increased sweating, and palpitations.
(4) The patients who had little or no paroxysmal activity during sleep were the youngest.
(5) Following a midcollicular transection the paroxysmal bulbar activity abruptly disappeared.
(6) We speculate that this paroxysmal activity is a type of seizure discharge.
(7) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(8) The first patient had paroxysmal headaches from an arteriovenous malformation which resolved following embolization.
(9) A diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria may be suggested with magnetic resonance imaging, based on the massive renal cortical hemosiderosis that occurs in this disease.
(10) In all patients, the nystagmus elicited during the paroxysm was compatible with excitation of the posterior semicircular canal.
(11) The administration of vitamin E, a natural antioxidant, to a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) failed to diminish the urinary excretion of 59-Fe as monitored by 59-Fe whole body counting and urinary loss of isotope.
(12) Single or repetitive supraventricular premature beats were found in 65 (41%), paroxysmal atrial or junctional tachycardias in 20 (12%), bouts of atrial flutter or fibrillation in 3 (2%).
(13) A 16 year old white female presented with paroxysmal cough and hemoptysis of recent onset.
(14) The effectiveness and electrophysiologic mechanisms of antiarrhythmic effect of digoxin were examined in 27 patients with paroxysmal atrioventricular nodal reciprocal tachycardia (PAVNRT) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) due to latent complementary conductive pathways, i. e. latent Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
(15) It thus appears that paroxysmal, vagally mediated complete AV block should be seriously considered in patients with unexplained syncope.
(16) In 13 cases of infantile spasms whose EEG showed hypasrhythmia, paroxysmal discharges were completely or remarkably suppressed in 4 cases, partially suppressed in 3 cases, but not improved in 6 cases.
(17) The majority were abnormal, and those from patients with intracranial pathology often showed asymmetry of delta activity and paroxysmal discharges.
(18) We report on 2 patients with a history of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in whom 2:1 AV block with persistence of the arrhythmia was documented.
(19) Because of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and fatigue, the patient underwent investigation.
(20) Both paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) and left ventricular dysfunction were reversed with administration of digoxin and propranolol hydrochloride.
Volcanic
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
(a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
(a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Example Sentences:
(1) But volcanic liberation has never really been his bag.
(2) Future ice loss and bending of the crust due to rising sea levels have the potential ultimately to raise levels of both earthquake and volcanic activity.
(3) He was a prowling, volcanic presence on the touchline.
(4) The Texas senator Ted Cruz says the rise of Donald Trump makes him “very optimistic” the next occupant of the White House will be a conservative – perhaps himself – propelled there by the “volcanic rage” of voters.
(5) In summary, volcanic ash alone or in combination with SO2 had only minimal effects on certain host defense mechanisms.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The landscape near San José I had started with a night in Rodalquilar, a white-washed village inside a large volcanic crater.
(7) If you only have an 20cm tin you can use that instead, but don't use all the batter – about 80% will suffice – otherwise you'll end up with a volcanic overspill, cake soldered to the floor of the oven and a frayed temper.
(8) Even by Congolese standards, Goma has endured much in its history , from mass looting by the army to the arrival of a million Rwandan Hutu refugees, years of cross-border wars and, in 2002, a volcanic eruption that poured a tide of lava through its heart.
(9) She writes about the nightmarish scenarios surrounding geoengineering, or hacking the planet, by spraying seawater into the sky to create cloud cover, or simulating a volcanic eruption to fill the lower atmosphere with ash.
(10) The telescope, which is perched on the summit of Mauna Kea, a volcanic island in Hawaii, picked up signs of methane in the planet's atmosphere that could not be seen by either Hubble or Spitzer .
(11) A thermoacidophilic micro-organism, isolated from volcanic hot springs near Naples, was cultivated in vitro, and examined by electron microscopy in sections and after negative staining.
(12) Festivalgoers in Edinburgh will witness the city’s birth from volcanic eruptions and the crushing force ice in a late-night spectacular that will open this year’s events.
(13) Triassic-Jurassic, c 200 million years ago Three-quarters of species were lost, again most likely due to another huge outburst of volcanism.
(14) But to do Hakone justice, find a reasonably priced ryokan and take a couple of days to explore the volcanic geysers of Owakudani, the botanical gardens, the cherry blossom in spring and Hakone shrine on the shore of the lake.
(15) Following the 1980 Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption, psychiatric reactions were studied in the disaster area and in a control community.
(16) A thousand years ago, it was responsible for one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history.
(17) Edinburgh’s skyline is dominated by Castle Rock, Calton Hill nearby, the dramatic volcanic remnants of Arthur’s Seat and the cliffs of Salisbury Crags , but festival events rarely focus on the city’s geological history.
(18) Lake Nyos sits in a crater on the edge of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic field.
(19) Costs of the disruption to the global airline industry caused by the volcanic ash cloud have spiralled to $1.7bn (£1.1bn), according to new estimates today from the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
(20) On her newest album Haze recalls discovering rap as an outlet: " I was nothing Then all of a sudden I'm a volcanic eruption. "