Definition of hysteria

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hys·ter·i·a

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NOUN:

Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability and sometimes by amnesia or a physical deficit, such as paralysis, or a sensory deficit, without an organic cause.

ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin : hyster(ic) + -ia¹

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