Hysteric

-al , his-ter′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with hysterics or hysteria: like hysterics, fitfully and violently emotional.— adv. Hyster′ically .— ns. Hyster′ics , Hystēr′ia , a nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying alternately, with a choking sensation in the throat, but often as a counterfeit of some organic disease.— adjs. Hys′teroid , -al , like hysteria.— ns. Hysteromān′ia , hysterical mania, often marked by erotic delusions and an exce ive desire to attract attention; Hysterot′omy , the operation of cutting into the uterus. [L. hysteric us —Gr. hysterikos — hystera , the womb.]