~ HYSTERALGIA   id+ | PAIN IN THE WOMB  UTERUS |
                med> or METRALGIA
~ HYSTERECTOMY  med> SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE UTERUS
                from
  lat  HYSTERICUS  or
  gr   HUSTERIKOS
       HUSTERA   = WOMB          sug> WOMAN
  sp    UTERO      UTERUS        sug> MATRICULATE 
  skt   UDARA      UTERUS        sug> UTOPIA 
        UTTERAS    HIGHER        sug> MATRIARCHY
  lat  MATRIX      WOMB          sug> MATTER
       MATER       MOTHER        sug> MATERIALISM
  continued see> HYSTERIA


~ HYSTERESIS  id+ | LAGGING BEHIND |
              biol> lag time or period
  BETWEEN A STIMULUS AND A RESPONSE


~ HYSTERIA id+ | ILL DEFINED TERM |
           id+ | NEBULOUS TERM see> NEBULA |
~ HYSTERIC  id+ | OUTBURST OF
                  UNCONTROLLABLE EMOTIONS |
     med> A VAGUE TERM NO LONGER ACCEPTED OR
          USED IN MEDICAL CIRCLES
     REPLACED BY OTHER TERMS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE
     TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS OF "HYSTERICS"
     THE MOST COMMON SORT WAS
     "ANXIETY HYSTERIA" NOW REFERRED TO AS
     PHOBIAS  FEAR  PANIC ATTACKS  etc
     med> HYSTERIA implies A CONSTELLATION or
          SYNDROME of MULTIPLE SOMATIC COMPLAINTS
     WITHOUT AN APPARENT CAUSE
     CHARACTERISTIC ARE
     "CONVERSION SYMPTOMS" alike to or
     MIMICKING DISEASES
     OFTEN MANIFESTED AS FEELINGS OF
     PANIC
     FEAR
     PARESTHESIA or NUMBNESS or "STRANGE FEELINGS"
     ANESTHESIA
     PARALYSIS
     FAINTING
     hx> ANCIENT GREEKS ATTRIBUTED HYSTERIA TO
         A DISPLACEMENT OF THE UTERUS or an
     ALTERED UTERINE FLOW
     HYSTERICAL PERSONALITY IS SAID TO BE
     CHARACTERIZED BY HISTRIONICS or
     EXAGGERATED EMOTIONS or OVERREACTION  or
     DRAMATIZATION
     EXCITABILITY
     in lesser degree these are characteristics of
     HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY
     WOMEN WITH HISTRIONIC PERSONALITIES ARE SEEN
            BY MEN AS ATTRACTIVE SEXUAL TARGETS
~ HYSTERO~  prefix to denote relationship to
                   UTERUS or WOMB or MATRIX
~ HYSTEROCELE   med> HERNIATED UTERUS
~ HYSTERODYNIA  med> UTERINE PAIN
~ HYSTEROMYOMA  med> UTERINE LEIOMYOMA

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