hysterical psychosis

n.

An acute psychosis accompanied by the symptoms of hysteria.

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Nearby words

hystereurysis, hysteria, hysteric, hysterical, hysterical personality, hysterical psychosis, hysterics, hystero-, hysterocatalepsy, hysterocele, hysterocleisis

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