Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HYS-TER'IC, or HYS-TER'IC-AL
HY'SOP, or HYS'SOPHYS-TER'ICS, or HYS-TE'RI-A
HYS-TER'IC, or HYS-TER'IC-AL, a. [Fr. hysterique; Gr. υστερικος, from υστερα, the womb.]
Disordered in the region of the womb; troubled with fits or nervous affections.
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