hysterogenic

hysterogenic

English

Etymology

From hystero- +‎ -genic.

Adjective

hysterogenic (comparative more hysterogenic, superlative most hysterogenic)

1. (pathology) Producing hysteria.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 495:

     He was delighted, for instance, to discover hysterogenic points, zones of hypersensitivity which, when fingered, provoked an attack; it confirmed his conviction of the reality of ‘latent hysteria’.