hysteria

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

New Latin from hysteric + -ia < Greek.

[edit] Noun

Singular
hysteria

Plural
uncountable

hysteria (uncountable)

  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.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

hysteria

  1. hysteria

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