Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preventing or curing hysteria.
- noun A remedy for hysteria.
- noun Also
anthysteric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Counteracting hysteria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any substance that counters
hysterics .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied.
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Mérat mentions it as a substitute for assafoetida, that it is employed as an antihysteric, and is recommended in rebellious bilious fever.
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The essential oil is regarded as emmenagogue and antihysteric.
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Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 Tobias George Smollett 1746
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Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746
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