Look up: hysteria

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   hysteria
   [n] - neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions 2. [n] - excessive or uncontrollable fear
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   Hysteria
   a term used to describe symptoms that are caused by mental stress and occur in someone who does not have a mental disorder
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   hysteria
   /in hysteria..patients...tend to exhibit what is called the hysterical personality. Category: Medicine
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   Hysteria
   Hys·te'ri·a noun [ New Latin : confer French hystérie . See Hysteric .] (Medicine) 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 f ...
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   hysteria
   <medicine> 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. ... The chief symptoms are c ...
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   Hysteria
   `Hysteria`, or somatization disorder, is a diagnostic label applied to a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. The fear is often centered on a body part, most often on an imagined problem with that body part (disease is a common complaint). People who are `hysterical` often lose self-control due to the overwhelming fear. Because of its association with female hysteria the term `hysteria` fell out of favor in the latter h...
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   hysteria
   (his-ter´e-ә) a term that was formerly used widely in psychiatry but whose meaning has become overly broad; its meanings included classic hysteria (now called somatization disorder); hysterical neurosis (now divided into conversion disorder and the dissociative disorders); and hysterical personality (now called histrion...
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   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.
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   hysteria
   hysteria 1. An emotionally unstable condition brought about by a traumatic experience. 2. A state of extreme, or exaggerated, emotion; such as, excitement or panic; especially, among large numbers of people. 3. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion; such as, fear or panic; or uncontrollable laughter or crying. 4. A mental disorder chara...
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    hysteria
    A somatoform (psychoneurotic or psychosomatic) disorder in which there is an alteration or loss of physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder such as paralysis of an arm or disturbance of vision, but that is instead apparently an expression of a psychological conflict or need; a diagnostic term, referable to a wide variety of psychogeni...
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    hysteria
    
    1. state of violent mental agitation
    2. excessive or uncontrollable fear
    3. neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
    
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    hysteria
    hysteria (hister'ēu) , in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. It is distinguished from hypochondria by the fact that its sufferers do not generally confuse their condition with real, p...
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