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Definitions of hysteria in various dictionaries:
noun - state of violent mental agitation
noun - excessive or uncontrollable fear
noun - neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
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| From the Greek for "womb", this disorder was once thought to be peculiar to women |
| Stacy Schiff's Salem bestseller "The Witches" had in its subtitle this condition; the "Mass" type is an outbreak of fear |
| For her first big story, Bly faked insanity & was diagnosed with this 8-letter "female malady" & committed to an asylum |
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| state of violent mental agitation |
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Hysteria, in the colloquial use of the term, means ungovernable emotional excess. Generally, modern medical professionals have abandoned using the term "hysteria" to denote a diagnostic category, replacing it with more precisely defined categories, such as somatization disorder. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially changed the diagnosis of "hysterical neurosis, conversion type" to "conversion disorder". * While the word "hysteria" originates from the Greek word for uterus, hystera (), the word itself is not an ancient one, and the term "hysterical suffocation" meaning a feeling of heat and inability to breathe was instead used in ancient Greek medicine. This suggests an entirely physical cause for the symptoms but, by linking them to the uterus, suggests that the disorder can only be found in women. Historically, hysteria was thought to manifest itself in women with a variety of symptoms, including: anxiety, shortness of breath, fainting, insomnia, irritability, n |