paroxysmal
adjective
par·ox·ys·mal
ˌpar-ək-ˈsiz-məl also pə-ˌräk-
: of, relating to, or marked by paroxysms
the hypertension may be either sustained or paroxysmal—D. A. Calhoun et al.
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