Hysteria Definition
hĭ-stĕrē-ə, -stîr-
noun
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
American Heritage Medicine
A psychiatric condition variously characterized by emotional excitability, excessive anxiety, sensory and motor disturbances, or the unconscious simulation of organic disorders, such as blindness, deafness, etc.
Webster's New World
Any outbreak of wild, uncontrolled excitement or feeling, such as fits of laughing and crying.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hysteria
Noun
Singular:
hysteria
Plural:
hysteri, hysteriasOrigin of Hysteria
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From New Latin hysteria, from hysteric, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (hysterikos, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustera, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.
From Wiktionary
New Latin hyster(ic) –ia
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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