Definition of hysterias Hysterias

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What does hysterias mean?

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Noun Plural: hysterias
hysteria - neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
		hysterical neurosis
		neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
		mimesis the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
		anxiety hysteria a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis
hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable fear
		fright, fearfulness, fear the trait of being afraid
hysteria - state of violent mental agitation
		craze, delirium, frenzy, fury
		manic disorder, mania an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
		nympholepsy a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable

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hysteria (Noun)
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
hysteria (Noun)
A mental disorder characterized by emotional excitability etc. without an organic cause.

hysteria (n.)
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.

hysteria
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.

Hysteria is when someone has a very strong emotion that is unmanageable. Often, this means a very strong sense of fear. When someone has hysteria, it is called "hysterics". Hysteria could be caused by traumatic events in a person's life.

Today, many psychiatrists and other doctors do not use the word "hysteria" for a patient. They use other words that have the same meaning. Some of the words they may use are "psychosomatic", "functional", "nonorganic", "psychogenic", or "medically unexplained".