a. & n. See Antihysteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteracting hysteria. -- n. A remedy for hysteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; after + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to be behind, to lag. ] (Physics) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Elec.) Of or pertaining to hysteresis. --
Hysteretic constant, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic centimeter per cycle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL.: cf. F. hystérie. See Hysteric. ] (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing, and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the throat. The affection presents the most varied symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment alone.

{ } a. [ L. hystericus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to &unr_; latter, later, and E. utter, out.] 1. Of or pertaining to hysteria. [1913 Webster]

With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they preserved their peace and patience. Bancroft. [1913 Webster]

2. In a state of hysteria; affected, or troubled, with hysterics; uncontrollably emotional; convulsive, fitful. [1913 Webster]

3. In a state of panic or behaving in a wild irrational manner, due to fear or emotional trauma. [PJC]

4. Resembling hysteria; as, hysterical laughter. [PJC]

a. Extremely funny. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. pl. (Med.) Hysteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hysteria + epilepsy. ] (Med.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. -- Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Hysteria + root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born. ] (Physiol.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria. De Watteville. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the latter + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. hystérologie. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`steros the latter, following + pro`teros before, others, sooner.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, “he is well and lives.” (b) An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "y`steros following + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter. -- Hys`ter*oph"y*tal a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "yste`ra womb + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. hystérotomie.] (Med.) The act of cutting into the uterus, as in Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Perh. from G. scheisse excrement. ] A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]