Definition of hysteric Hysteric

/hɪˌstɛˈɹɪk/ - [histerik] - hys•ter•ic

We found 7 definitions of hysteric from 5 different sources.

What does hysteric mean?

Noun Plural: hysterics
hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria
Adjective
hysteric - characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
		hysterical
		psychoneurotic, neurotic affected with emotional disorder

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hysteric
-al, his-ter′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with hysterics or hysteria: like hysterics, fitfully and violently emotional.—adv. Hyster′ically.—ns. Hyster′ics, Hystēr′ia, a nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying alternately, with a choking sensation in the throat, but often as a counterfeit of some organic disease.—adjs. Hys′teroid, -al, like hysteria.—ns. Hysteromān′ia, hysterical mania, often marked by erotic delusions and an excessive desire to attract attention; Hysterot′omy, the operation of cutting into the uterus. [L. hystericus—Gr. hysterikos—hystera, the womb.]