All English words - page 1731

Meanings of Hysteria:

noun

Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.

Usage examples:

The anti-semitic hysteria of the 1890s

Meanings of Hysterical:

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

Meanings of Hystericky:

adjective

Characterized by or inclined to excessive, unrestrained emotion or agitation; overwhelmed by extreme emotion or agitation.

Meanings of Hysterics:

noun

A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction.

Usage examples:

The widow had hysterics and the inquest was wrapped up quickly

adjective

Relating to or affected with hysteria.

Usage examples:

Kal's eyes widened as he came to a pause before bursting into a series of hysteric laughter.

Meanings of Hysteriform:

adjective

Resembling (that of) hysteria (as a disorder).

Meanings of Hysterocatalepsy:

noun

The condition of catalepsy, or a state resembling catalepsy, attributed to hysteria.

Meanings of Hysterogenetic:

adjective

Designating intercellular spaces that are formed during later stages of the growth of a plant; of or relating to the formation of such spaces.

Meanings of Hysterogenous:

adjective

Producing symptoms of the disorder hysteria; = hysterogenic .

Meanings of Hysteroid:

adjective

Resembling (that of) hysteria. also: affected by a condition resembling hysteria; somewhat or mildly hysterical.

Meanings of Hysteroidal:

adjective

Resembling (that of) hysteria.

Meanings of Hysterology:

noun

The inversion of the logical or conventional order of elements in speech or writing, especially for rhetorical effect, e.g. i die! i faint! i fail!; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteromania:

noun

Sexual desire in a woman that is considered to be excessive or uncontrollable; nymphomania.

Meanings of Hysteromaniacal:

noun

Sexual desire in a woman that is considered to be excessive or uncontrollable; nymphomania.

Meanings of Hysterometer:

noun

A graduated rod used to measure the uterine cavity.

Meanings of Hysterometry:

noun

Measurement of the size of the uterine cavity or uterus, especially with a hysterometer; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteropexy:

noun

Restoration of the uterus to a more normal position by surgical fixation to adjoining structures; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteroptosia:

noun

Prolapse (downward displacement) of the uterus; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysterorrhaphy:

noun

Restoration of the uterus to a more normal position by surgical fixation to adjoining structures (now rare).

Meanings of Hysteroscope:

noun

Any of various instruments used for visual examination of the cervix or uterus by way of the vagina; (in later use) specifically an endoscope used to perform procedures within the uterus.

Meanings of Hysterotome:

noun

Any of various surgical instruments used to open or incise the uterus.

Meanings of Hysterotomy:

noun

The surgical procedure of opening or incising the uterus, typically for the purpose of extracting a fetus; an instance of this. in early use also: †anatomical dissection of the uterus (obsolete, rare).

Meanings of Hystricid:

noun

A rodent of the family hystricidae, originally comprising both old world and new world (or tree) porcupines, and later old world porcupines only.

adjective

Belonging to the family hystricidae; of, relating to, or of the nature of porcupines of this family.

Meanings of Hystricine:

adjective

Belonging to the family hystricidae of rodents, comprising old world porcupines, or to the suborder hystrichognatha; hystricid; hystricomorph.

Meanings of Hystricomorphic:

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the suborder hystricognatha (formerly hystricomorpha).

Meanings of Hythergraph:

noun

A graph or chart in which temperature and rainfall are shown for a particular location at different times, especially monthly over a year.