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Talking to Daily Times, Hussain, said hysteria was a medical condition thought to be common to women caused by disturbances of the uterus (from the Greek word hystera).
unknown title 2009
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Of these parts one is termed the hystera or delphys, whence is derived the word adelphos, and the other part, the tube or orifice, is termed metra.
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Hysteric – from the Greek, hysterikos – of or from the womb (uterus: hystera); suffering caused by the womb.
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He believed that hysteria was caused by the uterus hystera in Greek moving upward and compressing the diaphragm, lungs, and heart.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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So, hys means sow in Greek; and hystera means womb in Greek.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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My good old Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has this to say about hyster- or hystero- comb form French or Latin, French hyster-, from Latin hyster-, from Greek, from hystera 1: womb.
Womb - That from Which We Come, That to Which We Go Jan 2008
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Etymology: New Latin, from English hysteric, adjective, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos, from hystera womb; from the Greek notion that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus
Overblown Cheney David 2006
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So, hys means sow in Greek; and hystera means womb in Greek.
Womb - That from Which We Come, That to Which We Go Jan 2008
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Hysteric - from the Greek, hysterikos - of or from the womb uterus: hystera; suffering caused by the womb.
Archive 2008-05-04 2008
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My good old Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has this to say about hyster- or hystero- comb form French or Latin, French hyster-, from Latin hyster-, from Greek, from hystera 1: womb.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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