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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hysteric \Hys*ter"ic\, Hysterical \Hys*ter"ic*al\, a. [L.
hystericus, Gr ?, fr "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to ?
latter, later and E. utter, out.]
Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with
hysterics; convulsive, fitful.
With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they
preserved their peace and patience. --Bancroft.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hysteric
adj : characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;
"during hysterical conditions various functions of the
human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein
"hysterical amnesia" [syn: {hysterical}]
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