hysteroid

American  

[his-tuh-roid] / ˈhɪs təˌrɔɪd /

Also hysteroidal

adjective

1. resembling hysteria.

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hysteroid British  

/ ˈhɪstəˌrɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling hysteria

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Etymology

Origin of hysteroid

First recorded in 1850–55; hyster(ia) + -oid

Example Sentences

But Manhattan Psychiatrist Donald Klein diagnoses Mary's condition as a typical case of hysteroid dysphoria, a.k.a. "lovesickness."

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Sidney Lumet's flashbackward direction, the acting proves a match for Gore Vidal's hysteroid script.

From Time Magazine Archive

This diffused hysteroid condition may be illustrated by the results of a psychological investigation carried on in America by Miss Gertrude Stein among the ordinary male and female students of Harvard University and Radcliffe College.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock