hystero-
a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words: hysterotomy.
Origin of hystero-
1- Also especially before a vowel, hyster-.
Words Nearby hystero-
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How to use hystero- in a sentence
It is with regard to these that the term hystero-epilepsy almost seems justified.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshOn the maternal side there is a somewhat neurotic heredity, and she is herself subject to attacks of hystero-epileptoid character.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis“Such a cruel ruse,” sobbed her ladyship, in hystero-tragic tones.
Lady Maude's Mania | George Manville FennThe same symptoms revived in the extraordinary epidemic called the hystero-demonopathy, which visited Morzine, in Savoy, in 1857.
Lancashire Folk-lore | John HarlandThis patient's visions of corpses, occurring almost always in attacks, recall the states occasionally seen in hystero-epilepsy.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for hystero-
indicating the uterus: hysterotomy
hysteria: hysterogenic
Origin of hystero-
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