hysteria

See also hystéria

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From New Latin hysteria, from hysteric, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (hysterikos, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustera, “womb”). Confer French hystérie.

Noun

hysteria (usually uncountable; plural hysterias or hysteriæ)

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

Related terms

• hysteric
• hysterical

Translations

behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion

Arabic: هستيريا (ar) (histiirya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 歇斯底里 (zh) (xiēsīdǐlǐ) Czech: hysterie (cs) f. Esperanto: histerio (eo) Finnish: hysteria (fi) French: hystérie (fr) f. German: Hysterie (de) f. Greek: υστερία (el) (ystería) f. Hindi: हिस्टीरिया (hi) (hisṭīriyā) Hungarian: hisztéria (hu) Ido: histerio (io)

Italian: isteria (it) f. Japanese: ヒステリー (ja) (hisuterī) Korean: 히스테리 (ko) (hiseuteri) Polish: histeria (pl) f. Portuguese: histeria (pt) f. Romanian: isterie (ro) f. Russian: истерия (ru) (isteríja) f. Slovak: hystéria (sk) f. Spanish: histérico (es) Thai: ฮิสทีเรีย (th) Vietnamese: ittêri (vi)

medical disorder

Chinese: Mandarin: 癔病 (zh) (yìbìng)

Finnish: hysteria (fi)

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Icelandic: sefasýki f., móðursýki f., óhaminn æsingur m., óhamin geðshræring f.

External links

• hysteria in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hysteria in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• hysteria at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Finnish

Noun

hysteria

1. hysteria

Declension

Declension of hysteria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative hysteria hysteriat genitive hysterian hysterioiden hysterioitten hysteriain1 partitive hysteriaa hysterioita accusative hysteria hysterian hysteriat inessive hysteriassa hysterioissa elative hysteriasta hysterioista illative hysteriaan hysterioihin adessive hysterialla hysterioilla ablative hysterialta hysterioilta allative hysterialle hysterioille essive hysteriana hysterioina translative hysteriaksi hysterioiksi instructive – hysterioin abessive hysteriatta hysterioitta comitative – hysterioineen 1) Rare.