- an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- Psychoanalysis. a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances ofsensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.
(Dictionary.com)
hys·te·ri·a
(his-tē'rē-ă), Negative or pejorative connotations of this word may render it offensive in some contexts.
A
term derived from the ancient Greek concept of a
wandering uterus, denoting maladies involving physical symptoms that seem better explained by
psychological factors. The concept of
hysteria is
historically differentiated into somatization disorder and conversion disorder, both of
which are considered types of
somatoform disorders in
the DSM. The current ICD10, however, places conversion disorder with dissociative disorders, not with somatoform disorders. See: conversion,
psychogenic,
psychosomatic.
[G. hystera, womb, from the original notion of womb-related disturbances in women]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
I'm rather pleased that this word is out of favor, perhaps the only time I'll ever assent to a word or phrase being labeled "politically incorrect". I would prefer though, that the word disappear!
To have a neurotic condition named specifically for all things FEMALE is really insulting. Please retrain your vocabulary if you're not referring to something so funny, you LOL uncontrollably. 'Ppreciate ya.
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Mackenzie
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