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2 definitions found 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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