hysteric
hys·te·ric
noun
adjective
1.
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
- “during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered” Morris Fishbein
- “hysterical amnesia”
Origin
From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”).
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