hystero-


  1. a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words: hysterotomy.

Origin of hystero-

1
<Greek, combining form representing Greek hystéra womb, uterus
  • 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. Walsh
  • On the maternal side there is a somewhat neurotic heredity, and she is herself subject to attacks of hystero-epileptoid character.

  • “Such a cruel ruse,” sobbed her ladyship, in hystero-tragic tones.

    Lady Maude's Mania | George Manville Fenn
  • The same symptoms revived in the extraordinary epidemic called the hystero-demonopathy, which visited Morzine, in Savoy, in 1857.

    Lancashire Folk-lore | John Harland
  • This patient's visions of corpses, occurring almost always in attacks, recall the states occasionally seen in hystero-epilepsy.

British Dictionary definitions for hystero-

hystero-

combining form
  1. indicating the uterus: hysterotomy

  2. hysteria: hysterogenic

Origin of hystero-

1
from Greek hustera womb

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