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hysteria
(h/I/'st/i/r/i//@/ )

noun (n)

  • state of violent mental agitation(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • excessive or uncontrollable fear(noun.feeling)
    source: wordnet30
  • neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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