Medical Dictionary
hysteria
noun hys·te·ria \his-ˈter-ē-ə, -ˈtir-\
Medical Definition of HYSTERIA
1
a : a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions without an organic basis b : a similar condition in domestic animals
2
: behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess
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