HYSTERIA


Meaning of HYSTERIA in English

/hi ster"ee euh, -stear"-/ , n.

1. an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.

2. Psychoanal. a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks, disturbances of sensory and motor functions, and various abnormal effects due to autosuggestion.

3. Psychiatry. See conversion disorder . Cf. mass hysteria .

[ 1795-1805; HYSTER(IC) + -IA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .