 hysteria |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) state of violent mental agitation | |
| Synonyms: | frenzy fury delirium craze | |
| Related terms: | mania nympholepsy epidemic_hysertia outrage | |
| 2. | [ noun ] excessive or uncontrollable fear | |
| Related terms: | fear | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions | |
| Synonyms: | hysterical_neurosis | |
| Related terms: | neurosis hysterocatalepsy anxiety_hysteria mimesis | |
| Similar spelling: |
hysterical hysteric hysterics hysteresis hysterotomy |
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